Trackside with Bob Larson

Nevada State Railroad Museum
South Carson Street
(U.S. 395) at Fairview Drive
Carson City | 775.687-6953

Monday, May 10 - 7pm
Western Pacific Centennial
Part 3

Bob Larson, railroad photographer and former Western Pacific engineer on the Feather River division, began his railroad career in the signal department of the Chicago & North Western. In 1956, he hired on with the Western Pacific and retired 30 years later (on the Western Pacific’s eastern Division in Nevada) with a perfect safety record. During that time and continuing today, Bob photographed the continuing changes of the railroad, his co-workers, and the environment that shaped his remarkable career. Bob’s extensive collection of photos have been presented in two volumes, Western Pacific Trackside with Bob Larson and Life on the Feather River Route: A Railroader’s Scrapbook Pictorial of Memories.

Now retired and splitting his time between Las Vegas and northern California, Bob entertains rail enthusiasts at historical society meetings, conventions and small gatherings with his personal recollections and samplings of his photographic record. Bob is also a frequent contributor to the Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society’s publication The Headlight. A great photographer and story teller, Bob always leaves his audiences wanting more. Don’t miss this entertaining glimpse into the life of a railroad engineer and our final segment celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Western Pacific Railroad in Nevada.

[Text from Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum website. Graphic from search for 'Western Pacific Railroad'.]

National Parks at the Railroad Museum

[Thanks to RH at NAC for the scouting tip. Click on image to enlarge.]

Moms Ride Free!

Nevada State Railroad Museum
South Carson Street
(U.S. 395) at Fairview Drive
Carson City
775.687-6953

Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10
Moms Ride Free

"Treat Mom to a ride aboard the museum’s historic 1926 diesel-powered rail car during the Nevada State Railroad Museum’s Mother’s Day Motor Car excursions every 30 minutes from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m."

[Text from Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs press release. Graphic from an image search for 'Mothers Day Train.']

Railroad Rhythms from the Little Toots

Nevada State Railroad Museum
2180 S. Carson St. (US 395 at Fairview)
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 687-6953


Wednesday, March 11 | 7 p.m.
Railroad Rhythms from the Little Toots

Back by popular demand, Fremont Elementary School's Little Toots will present a program of railroad music at the Museum.

Join Ms. Sandra Irvins and Fremont's second grade student chorus in rousing renditions of railroad songs that have been sung and inspired by the men and women who worked on the railroad. It's a Museum annual tradition that you just can't miss!

This will be held at the museum's Jacobsen Interpretive Center. Regular museum admission charges apply. For more information, please call the Museum, 687-6953.

[text and graphic from the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum website.]

Reno's Big Gamble

[text below from the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum Web site.]

Nevada State Railroad Museum
2180 S. Carson St. (US 395 at Fairview)
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 687-6953

December 10, 7pm
Wednesday Night Program
Reno's Big Gamble

(Trains, gambling, and quickie divorces, what more could you want in a Wednesday night program?)

"The Museum welcomes Alicia Barber, visiting assistant professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno, member Reno's Historical Resources Committee, a director of Preserve Nevada, and the author of Reno's Big Gamble: Image and Reputation in the Biggest Little City. Come and see her reveal Reno's transformation from little backward railroad town to Sin Central, otherwise known as The Biggest Little City in the World. Listen to her cautionary tale of its boom to bust in the 1970s, and how it is reviving today as a cultural and recreational tourist destination. A question and answer session follows her presentation. You may purchase her book and have her personally inscribe it after the program."

[photo from UNR Web site.]