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Postcard of a Virignia &Truckee Railroad train in snow, Virginia City, Nevada, January 18, 1916

Date

1916-01-18

Description

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."

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Plumbing and heating layout for Union Pacific Railroad basement remodeling, Caliente, Nevada: architectural drawing

Date

1938-06-15

Archival Collection

Description

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."

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Photograph of Union Pacific Railroad General Manager William H. Guild, Las Vegas, 1940

Date

1940

Description

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.

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Postcard of a Union Pacific Railroad train, during Hoover Dam construction, late 1920s - early 1930s

Date

1925 to 1935

Description

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."

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Photograph of women and man standing at railroad depot, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

unspecified decade in 19XX

Description

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.

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Gangplanks from barge to railroad cars, Yuma, Arizona: photographic print

Date

1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156)

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Nevada laws affecting railroads, multiple copies, 1957

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00397
Collection Name: Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Box/Folder: Box 63 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Headquarters of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, Ludlow, California, 1910

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00177
Collection Name: Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads
Box/Folder: Folder 01

Archival Component

Railroad cars construction service statement and figures, 1904

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company Records
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00007
Collection Name: San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company Records
Box/Folder: Box 03

Archival Component

Photograph of the railroad bridge leading to the Hoover Dam gravel pit, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Railroad bridge to gravel pit for dam. Six companies utilize the railroad bridge that crosses the Colorado river behind Hoover dam.

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