Caliente
Carlin
Carson City
Elko
Elko Amtrak
Feather River
Gold Hill
Goldfield
Harney
Humboldt Mountains - Imlay
Humboldt River
Las Vegas
Lovelock
Mid Lake
Millers
Mohawk Mine
Nevada Desert
Palisade
Palisade Canyon
Rainbow Canyon
Reno
Reno Amtrak
Rhyolite
Ryndon - Tunnel #1
Ruby Range (Wells)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Virginia City
Wells
Winnemucca
Winnemucca Amtrak

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There are precious few good references for many of the railroad stations and depots that used to exist.

One of the better resources I have come across to this end is the plethora of old post cards still around depicting many of these structures, some better than others.

Most of the postcards were found on EBay unless noted, other pictures, mostly the more recent ones, come from Google and/or Bing images - credit given if the source is known.

Dates are in the picture name, x means the date is approximate.  If they were available, and interesting, I included the back side of the postcards.  1910a and 1910b would be the same card, both sides.

If the picture was really, really bad, some of them have been cleaned up and/or repaired when I had the energy.

Since many of these stations are no longer around (railfans seem to prefer the term "extant", I'm not one of them! :-), this page is mostly for historical reference.

This page is mostly for historical reference, as MANY of these stations are not around anymore!

What's the difference between a station and a depot?  Most people will say "nuttin", it's a matter of preference, although many will use depot for older buildings.

If you have a picture you would like to contribute, please see the bottom of the page for how to find me, credit is always given to contributing photographers.

Amtrak

Amtrak runs on the UP Nevada Subdivision for most of it's trip thru Nevada.  In Sparks/Reno NV, west of the Sparks Yard, it changes to the Roseville Subdivision.  There are three Amtrak stations in Nevada: Reno, Winnemucca, and Elko.









Acknowledgements:
Denver Todd
Google Maps!
The various EBay sellers


Caliente

GPS Coordinates: 37.612632, -114.514324
100 Depot Ave, Caliente NV 89008
Thanks to Denver Todd
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum/content.php?1711-Caliente-Railroad-Depot-Caliente-Nevada

From the RoadtripAmerica page: You'd be forgiven for wondering why Caliente, a modest town of little more than 1,000 people, might be home to such an impressive mission-style station.  In the 1920s, its location, about halfway between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, made it an ideal stopping point when the railroad came through. The first floor housed waiting and railroad offices, upstairs was a 50-room motel.  However, the arrival of diesel locos meant this stopover point / maintenance depot was no longer needed.  The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.



  EBay seller: treasuresetcatzoom





  photo by eljnlmfam





Carlin

  EBay seller: oldebrooklynshoppe

    EBay seller: artfulgeographic

  EBay seller: zachsjerseytreasures



Carson City

GPS Coordinates: 39.149337, -119.767718
http://nvculture.org/nevadastaterailroadmuseumcarsoncity/
Located at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City.
Thanks to Denver Todd









    EBay seller: nexusline



Elko

    On the Western Pacific -- EBay seller: blacdoa

  EBay seller: skurfanpostcards



Elko -- Amtrak Station

GPS Coordinates: 40.836465, -115.750416
Amtrak Station Code: ELK
1300 Water St, Elko, NV 89801









Feather River

    EBay seller: railfans2



Gold Hill

  EBay seller: britestax

    EBay seller: tmzito



Goldfield





Harney





Humboldt Mountains - Imlay

  EBay seller: iluvpepsi2doyou



Humboldt River

  EBay seller: mac-2-mac



Las Vegas

    EBay seller: ats4824

    EBay seller: pstcardman2014

  From about 1920, found on EBay

    EBay seller: fikesfuntiques

    EBay seller: bigmamablue



Lovelock

GPS Coordinates: 40.179901, -118.473654
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Pacific_Railroad_Depot_(Lovelock,_Nevada)

The Central Pacific Railroad Depot in Lovelock NV was built in 1880 in the Stick, or Eastlake style, functioning as the principal point of access to the town in the late 1800's and early 1900's.  The building was originally located on the northeast corner of West Broadway Avenue and Main Street, but was moved by the town in 1999 to its present site across Broadway Avenue.

The station was a regular stop for transcontinental train traffic, and was expanded in 1917.  The station operated until the early 1990s, when it was closed.  When what was now the Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to tear the depot down in 1998 the City of Lovelock expressed interest in the building.  The same year the railroad signed over the building and a $42,500 donation, the projected cost of demolition.  The town moved it from railroad property, completing a restoration in 2000, with help from prison labor.  It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.  The depot is leased to private retail businesses.

Thanks to Denver Todd











  EBay seller: skurfanpostcards



Mid Lake

  From about 1908, found on EBay.



Millers

  EBay seller: skurfanpostcards



Mohawk Mine

  EBay seller: tmorris2



Nevada Desert

  EBay seller: smokecreekbooks



Palisade

    EBay seller: haagantique

    EBay seller: popcornjohn



Palisade Canyon

  EBay seller: poffferrycap



Rainbow Canyon

    EBay seller: scruffy4159





Reno

    EBay seller: silvergod

  EBay seller: stampyboy

    EBay seller: dakotatreasurehunter



  EBay seller: skurfanpostcards

  EBay seller: pstcardman2014

  EBay seller: refried.jeans

    EBay seller: mikeingreensboro

  EBay seller: mikeingreensboro



Reno -- Amtrak Station

GPS Coordinates: 39.528664, -119.811736
Amtrak Station Code: RNO
Location: 280 N Center St, Reno NV 89501
Amtrak Trains Served: California Zephyr (Chicago IL - Denver CO - Salt Lake City UT - Emeryville CA)
https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/reno-nv-rno/

From the Great American Stations page: Located a few blocks north of the Truckee River in downtown Reno, the current Amtrak facility was added to the historic Southern Pacific station in 2005. This addition was part of a multi-year, $282 million project that depressed 2.2 miles of the Union Pacific mainline in the heart of the city and eliminated eleven grade crossings. The new building, sited west of the original depot, opened to the public in January 2006. Passengers enter from street level but descend to the waiting room located at the new track level.

The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) station is the fourth one to stand on the downtown site. The first depot, built in 1869, burned down in the Reno fire of 1879. The second station opened a decade later, but it too succumbed to fire and was destroyed. The third station was bought by the SP in 1925, but the company chose to replace it the next year with a larger structure designed in the Mediterranean Revival style then popular with the SP.



















Rhyolite

GPS Coordinates: 36.903607, -116.828937
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/162835/44988896

The ghost town of Rhyolite NV is just across the border from California in an area known as the Bullfrog Hills.  Rhyolite is a former mining town and this is the old train station on the now abandoned Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad.









    EBay seller: mrsmileyus

    EBay seller: greatoldpostcards

  EBay seller: skurfanpostcards



Ryndon - Tunnel #1

    EBay seller: davisfamilyshop



Sierra Nevada Mountains

    EBay seller: poffferrycap

  EBay seller: tenhaus2



Sparks - Tower and Former Station

GPS Coordinates: 39.54, -119.75
Amtrak Station Code: SPX
Location: Union Pacific Railroad Yard Sparks, Sparks NV 89431
Amtrak Trains Served: California Zephyr (Chicago IL - Denver CO - Salt Lake City UT - Emeryville CA)
http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/sparks.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparks_station

The station in Sparks was a combined station and tower.  The station closed in 2009.  Part of the reason was it's close proximity to Reno, and the other was the fact that it stands in the middle of the yard.  The only stop in town now is a Curbside Bus Stop only (no shelter) at 1100 Nugget Ave.

  Photo: Ken Lund via Wikipedia

  Photo: Don Barrett





Virginia City - Virginia & Truckee RR

V&T engine #29 passing under the Hale & Norcross trestle from the 1870's, one of the few remaining from that time period.

    EBay seller: tmzito



Wells - Ruby Range

    EBay seller: walkerspostcards



Winnemucca

  EBay seller: stampyboy


Winnemucca -- Amtrak Station

GPS Coordinates: 40.968850, -117.732347
Amtrak Station Code: WNN
Location: 209 Railroad Street, Winnemucca, NV 89445
Amtrak Trains Served: California Zephyr (Chicago IL - Denver CO - Salt Lake City UT - Emeryville CA)
http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/winnemucca.htm
https://www.amtrak.com/stations/wnn
https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/winnemucca-nv-wnn/

The present "station", which was built in 2012, is owned by Union Pacific according to Wikipedia - However, the Great American Stations page says it belongs to Amtrak - anyone know fer sure?  Previously, there was a Southern Pacific station on location, then, sometime after Amtrak took over passenger service, the SP building was torn down and a bus type shelter was put up in its place until 2012.  This is a super-sized bus shelter.

  Photo by Sue Anderson

  2009 - Before





  The old Southern Pacific depot




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