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Panoramic view of railroad survey camp, 1903

Date

1903

Description

Panoramic view of railroad survey camp, 1903

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Photograph of the railroad yards for the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1910s

Date

1910 to 1919

Description

The railroad yards for the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad, and is now the Union Pacific Railroad. The roundhouse is on the left, and the machine shop is on the right. Photo identification was provided by Donald S. Palmer. The Union Pacific Depot was built in 1906, and by 1920 has five through passenger trains running daily to Los Angeles, California. In the late 1920s, the building where the western part of the Pioneer Club is today was operated as a smokehouse.

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Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads

Identifier

PH-00177

Abstract

The Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads depicts railroads, mills, and depots in Nevada and Southern California from 1905 to approximately 1975. The photographs primarily depict the remnants of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, the Pacific Coast Borax Company, and obsolete tracks, buildings, mills, and boxcars from the early-twentieth century. The photographs also depict depots and railroad intersections in Death Valley Junction, California and Crucere, California, and the photographs include the Union Pacific Railroad's tracks that were once part of the Salt Lake Railroad.

Archival Collection

Photograph of railroad reproduction, Las Vegas, 1980

Date

1980

Description

Reproduction of the San Pedro-Los Angeles-Salt Lake Railroad passenger train as seen at Old Vegas, frontier attraction on Boulder Highway.

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Railroad outside Millers, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1908

Description

Railroad outside Millers, Nevada in 1908. Inscription with the image reads, "(David Garcia 1-26-90)."

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Aerial photograph of a railroad line camp, 1904

Date

1904

Description

Aerial photograph of a railroad line camp, 1904

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Photograph of railroad track, Crucero (Calif.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Railroad tracks in the desert of Crucero, California, "where T&T crossed Salt Lake railroad."

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Photograph of railroad yards, Las Vegas, circa 1910s.

Date

1910 to 1919

Description

Railroad yards in Las Vegas with a station, railroad cars, and a water tank.

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Photograph of railroad workers, Nevada, circa 1920s

Date

1910 to 1930

Description

Railroad workers standing next to train engine in early Nevada. (Photo Courtesy So. Nev. Museum)

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