Virginia & Truckee Railroad Line (Train song) Edison School - Santa Ana Unified

Virginia & Truckee Railroad website: https://www.virginiatruckee.com * Virginia Truckee Line Railroad performed by The Altar Billies:    • Virginia Truckee Line * (Rockabilly/Countr...   Oseni Maon productions presents: "Virginia and Truckee Line" performed by students at Thomas Edison school in Santa Ana Unified School District: http://www.sausd.us/site/default.aspx #virginiacity #steamlocomotive #trainsongsforkids Music and lyrics by: Michael W Stand and John Cummings Hear that whistle blow from locomotive 29 that’s the way they like it On Virginia-Truckee Line And if you look real close there’s 20 cars behind that’s the they like it On Virginia-Truckee Line Chorus: Virginia-Truckee line, Virginia-Truckee line Makes another run Through the mountains and the pines It’s Full steam ahead and Up the hill she climbs Cause that’s the way they like it On Virginia-Truckee Line From Reno to Carson City down the Minden branch line That’s the way they like it On Virginia Truckee line Up to Virginia City She twists, Turns and winds That’s the way they like it On the Virginia-Truckee Line (To Chorus) 6 thousand feet we’ve reached the peak above that tree line That’s the way they like it On Virginia-Truckee Line 30 miles of track ahead it’s a mighty steep decline That’s the way we like it On the Virginia-Truckee Line (To Chorus) Well the desert sun ain’t no fun it's terribly unkind That’s the way we like it On Virginia Truckee Line But summer heat Will never keep from Bring ’er in on time That’s the way we like it On Virginia-Truckee Line (To Chorus) HISTORY: The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is a privately owned heritage railroad. The railroad owns and uses the service mark "Queen of the Short Lines". The V&T Railroad runs up to seven trains per day, many in steam behind locomotive #29, a 2-8-0 Consolidation, or an ex-US Army GE 80-ton diesel from Virginia City from Memorial Day until the end of October each year. When first constructed in the 19th century, it was a commercial freight railroad (reporting mark VT) which was originally built to serve the Comstock Lode mining communities of northwestern Nevada. At its height, the railroad's route ran from Reno south to Carson City. In Carson City, the mainline split into two branches. One branch continued south to Minden, while the other branch traveled east to Virginia City. The first section from Virginia City to Carson City was constructed beginning in 1869 to haul ore, lumber and supplies for the Comstock Lode. The railroad was abandoned in 1950 after years of declining revenue. The public Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway has rebuilt the line from Gold Hill (connection with the current V&T Railroad) to Carson City, running the first train over the line in 68 years on August 14, 2009.