Palace Hotel, Goldfield, Nevada, September 14, 1905. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Palace Hotel on the corner of Main and Crook, decorated for the Railroad Days celebration. Arrival of the Goldfield Railroad was a milestone in the camp's history. Later merged with the Tonopah Railroad to form the T. & G. R.R., it was the first of 4 railroads to serve Goldfield." There is a date stamp: February 1980.
A Virginia &Truckee Railroad train with a snow plow on the front of the engine, in a snow-covered railyard in Virginia City, Nevada. Caption: "V. & T. Express, Virginia City, Nevada. Jan 15-1916."
From Union Pacific Railroad Collection (MS-00397). Scales are noted on the drawing. The bottom corner says, "Union Pacific Railroad Company, South Central District. Plumbing & Heating Layout, Remodeling South Wing Of Basement, Caliente, Nevada. Office Of Manager Of Industrial Development - Los Angeles. drawn by R.d.W. Scale - 1/8" = 1.' Date - 6-15-38. No. 15899. Sh 2."
A black and white portrait of the General Manager of the Union Pacific Railroad, William H. Guild. Mr. Guild was general manager specifically of the south-central district of Salt Lake City, Utah. This photo was taken from a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Union Pacific Railroad station located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The time capsule was placed there in 1940 and was later retrieved when the building was demolished around 1970.
A Union Pacific Railroad train as a part of the construction for Hoover Dam. The front of the card reads: "First train in railroad pass, Boulder Dam Project, Oakes." Description given with postcard: "SP, LA & SL (UPRR) locomotive 6082 in Railroad Pass. Maybe spreading ballast on track."
Group of women in white aprons and a man in a suit stand in front of the SP, LA, and SL Railroad Depot, Las Vegas. [Taken in the early 1900s] None of the individuals are identified. This image is the uncropped version of 0266_022, pho026002. The women may be "Harvey Girls," waitresses who worked at Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants.
Dirt road in the desert is blocked off by chains. A sign next to the closure reads: "Keep Out Closed Area." Inscription with image says: "Ruins of T&T water tower and station may survive at Soda Springs near Baker, California."