[1] it is one of three largely identical 4-4-0 locomotives built by Baldwin for the railroad, the others being the Reno and the Inyo, and one of four V&T 4-4-0's preserved (the aforementioned three and the Dayton).

Her early days would see her in service about once a week handling everything from locals, mixed trains, picnic specials, to the Lightning Express.

During the 1880's and 1890's, the Genoa would be the primary engine for secondary passenger services or as the main backup to the Reno[3]

The Genoa would be rebuilt and modernized by the V&T with Tower Knuckle Couplers & Westinghouse Automatic Air as per the ICC regulations.

[1] In 1969 it appeared as Jupiter at the Gold Spike Centennial at Promontory, Utah, opposite its sister locomotive #11 Reno dressed as Union Pacific 119.