Caliente station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Caliente, NV
inter-city rail station
The former Caliente station.
Location	100 Depot Avenue Caliente, Nevada USA
History
Closed	1993
Rebuilt	1923
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Las Vegas toward Los Angeles Desert Wind Milford toward Chicago Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Etna toward Los Angeles Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Eccles toward Salt Lake City Panaca toward Pioche Pioche – Caliente Terminus
Caliente Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Nevada Show map of Nevada Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	100 Depot Avenue Caliente, Nevada
Built	1923
Architect	John and Donald Parkinson
Architectural style	Mission Revival
NRHP reference No.	74001146
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1974

Caliente station is a historic Mission Revival style railway station, located in Caliente, Lincoln County, Nevada. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Caliente Railroad Depot, and is Nevada Historical Marker number 249.

History

The station was built by the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (later the Union Pacific Railroad) in 1923 to serve the railroad's division point on the mainline between Los Angeles, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

The depot is a two-story wood frame stucco building. The first floor held the passenger waiting room, station agent's office and other railroad offices. The second floor was used as a hotel.

The division point at Caliente served as a maintenance facility and was a base for helper locomotives. In the 1950s, as diesel locomotives replaced steam, the railroad no longer needed to use the Caliente site. Maintenance of the locomotives was moved to Las Vegas in 1948.

Until 1993, the station saw service on Amtrak's Desert Wind.

Present day

In 1970, the building was turned over to the city of Caliente. In order to preserve the depot structure, the city moved its municipal services into the building. The station is now the Caliente city hall, library, and art gallery.