Draft:Virginia City Freight Depot
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Virginia City Freight Depot | |||||||||||
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 The V&T Freight Depot in Virginia City | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 104 E Street Virginia City, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform [1] | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 [2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1876 | ||||||||||
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The Virginia City Freight Depot is a historic railroad freight depot that served the Virginia and Truckee Railroad from 1876 until the V&T stopped serving Virginia City in 1938. After stopping service to Virginia City the V&T abandoned the building. The depot is located on E street, on a particularly flat tract of land that runs from Mill Street in the north to Union Street in the south. Just south of the depot lies the site of the 2nd Virginia City passenger depot[4], which is no longer in existence, but in its stead is the Comstock History Center[5]. The history center contains an engine house that currently houses former V&T Locomotive Number 27 which pulled the final train in the original V&T's existence on May 31, 1950. The Dayton locomotive was housed in the Comstock History Center from 2005 until 2018 until it was traded with Number 27. The modern reconstructed V&T is in operation just a few blocks to the south at the original Virginia City passenger depot, where trains are run down to Gold Hill[6] and down to Eastgate, just to the east of Carson City[7] up in the hills.
References[edit]
- ^ "Virginia City Train Depot". Western Nevada Historical Photo Collection. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Calendar. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Virginia City Train Depot". Western Nevada Historical Photo Collection. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Calendar. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Virginia and Truckee Railroad May 1943 Timetable". Virginia and Truckee. Dale Darney Collection.
- ^ Comer, Hugh. "Virginia City Train Depot". Western Nevada Historical Photo Collection. Virginia and Truckee: The Bonanza Road. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Comstock History Center". Travel Nevada. Discover America. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "35-Minute Round-Trip Train Ride from Virginia City to Gold Hill". Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Carson Train Route". Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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