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Carson City
Train Museum 2.JPG
Location 729 North Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
History
Opened 1872
Former services
Preceding station Virginia and Truckee Railroad Following station
Sand Cut
toward Reno
Main Line Lookout
toward Virginia City
Virginia and Truckee Railroad Depot - Carson City
Area less than one acre
Built 1872
Built by Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company
Architectural style Pattern book rail depot
NRHP reference No. 98001208
Added to NRHP September 30, 1998

The Virginia & Truckee (V&T) Railroad Depot of Carson City, Nevada is a historic railroad station that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is significant for its association with the economically important role of the V&T railroad historically in Carson City following discovery of the Comstock Lode mine in 1859. To a lesser degree, according to its NRHP nomination, the depot building is also significant architecturally "as a well-preserved example of a wood-frame passenger depot procured from a railroad company pattern book within the V&T's former sphere of operation."

Located on the Southeast corner of the Washington Street intersection with Carson Street, it served the Virginia and Truckee Railroad until 1950, when the railroad shut down.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

The Reno and Gold Hill Depots still exist, as well as the V&T Freight Depot in Virginia City.

History

The V&T was created in 1869 in between Virginia City, Mound House, and Carson City. It was created to allow massive movement of gold and silver ore from the Comstock Lode to mills along the Carson River. The tracks ran east–west down Washington Street. The V&T's yards and Engine House were located just east of the depot along Washington Street. There were no guardrails shielding Carson Street. The V&T became quite profitable until the 1920s, when they saw their first shortfall. In 1938, with the mining all but nonexistent, and competition from the newly created United States Highway System, the V&T had to tear up the track from Virginia City to Mound House, which still had a connection with the Carson and Colorado Railroad. The V&T was still leaking money up until her final year in 1950, when Locomotive #27 Ran the final train from Minden, through Carson City, and into Reno.

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