Carson and Colorado Railway

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The Carson and Colorado Railway was a narrow-gauge railroad that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily serving remote mining regions in Nevada and eastern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrow-gauge railroad ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
acquiredBy Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
acquisitionYear 1900 ⓘ
category defunct California railroads ⓘ
defunct Nevada railroads ⓘ
constructionDirection southward from Mound House ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endPoint Keeler, California ⓘ
foundingPurpose to tap mining districts in Nevada and eastern California ⓘ
gauge 3 ft (914 mm) ⓘ
headquartersLocation Carson City, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Carson City
heritagePreservation portions preserved as museum railways ⓘ
heritageSite Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site ⓘ
Nevada State Railroad Museum ⓘ
historicalSignificance important in development of remote mining camps in Nevada and eastern California ⓘ
notableLocomotive Southern Pacific narrow-gauge No. 18 ⓘ
Southern Pacific narrow-gauge No. 8 ⓘ
Southern Pacific narrow-gauge No. 9 ⓘ
notableStation Bodie, California ⓘ
Laws, California ⓘ
notableTerminus Keeler, California ⓘ
operatedAs Southern Pacific narrow-gauge branch line after acquisition ⓘ
operatedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
parentCompany Virginia and Truckee Railroad ⓘ
primaryPurpose serving remote mining regions ⓘ
propulsionSystem steam locomotives ⓘ
servedArea Great Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin

Owens Valley ⓘ
servedCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
ore ⓘ
servedIndustry mining ⓘ
servedRegion Nevada ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ
servedTown Bishop, California ⓘ
Hawthorne, Nevada ⓘ
Keeler, California ⓘ
Laws, California ⓘ
Tonopah region, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Tonopah
startPoint Mound House, Nevada ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track ⓘ
trackLengthApprox about 300 miles ⓘ
trackType narrow gauge ⓘ

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Mound House, Nevada → servedBy → Carson and Colorado Railway ⓘ