Draft:Virginia and Truckee Railroad Depot - Gold Hill
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Comment: This is sourced only to a timetable, which is a primary source. We need examples of coverage in secondary sources to demonstrate this station is notable. The article also nearly entirely lacks references. Both issues must be addressed before this will be accepted. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 19:32, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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 The V&T Depot in Gold Hill | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1420 N Main St Gold Hill, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1872 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | c. 1970s | ||||||||||
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The Gold Hill Depot is a railroad depot in Gold Hill, Nevada. It was built in 1872 to serve the Virginia and Truckee Railroad (V&T). A combination freight and passenger depot,[2] it stopped seeing use by the V&T in 1938 when the railroad ceased operations past Mound House. The depot is located on a flat tract of land near the top of Gold Hill. Immediately past the railroad crossing, Highway 342 goes up a couple of hairpin turns to make its final ascent into Virginia City. Passing the depot, the V&T line wrapped around the hill that Fort Homestead was built on, originally going through a tunnel on its climb to Virginia City.
The reconstructed V&T ran down to the restored depot starting in the late 1970s.[3] Once the reconstruction of the V&T down to Mound House and the extreme eastern edge of Carson City was completed,[when?] the V&T's steam trains run all the way down to the Eastgate Depot, running past Gold Hill. V&T's diesel trains and shorter steam excursions stop at the Gold Hill depot and turn around and head back up the hill to Virginia City.
References[edit]
- ^ "Virginia and Truckee Railroad May 1943 Timetable". Virginia and Truckee. Dale Darney Collection.
- ^ Nicoletta, Julie (2000). Buildings of Nevada. Oxford University Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780195141399.
- ^ James, Ronald M.; James, Susan A. (2014). A Short History of Virginia City. University of Nevada Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780874179484.
Category:Virginia and Truckee Railroad Category:Transportation in Storey County, Nevada Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872 Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1938 Category:Railway stations in Nevada
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