A view of people at a railroad surveyors break camp associated with the S.P. (San Pedro), L.A. (Los Angeles) & S.L. (South Lake) railroad line construction in southern Nevada.
A survey party "fold their tents" at a railroad surveyors break camp associated with the S.P. (San Pedro), L.A. (Los Angeles) & S.L. (South Lake) railroad line construction in southern Nevada.
A view of a railroad builders' camp for the S.P. (San Pedro), L.A. (Los Angeles) & S.L. (Salt Lake) line between Caliente and Las Vegas in southern Nevada.
A distant view of horses pulling wagons filled with supplies for the advance parties of S.P. (San Pedro), L.A. (Los Angeles) & S.L. (Salt Lake) railroad line builders in southern Nevada.
Widening a railroad tunnel between Las Vegas and Caliente. The plan was to double track the Union Pacific Railroad (U.P.R.R.), but the Great Depression occurred and work was never completed. Iowa civil engineer John Muceus is working on the project.
The view of a Las Vegas train station with a SP, LA & A1 switcher engine (0-6-0) and caboose in early Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten onto the back of the image: "Original U. P. Depot."