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Eureka and Palisade Railroad

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trunk line that ran through Palisade. Nevertheless, despite the determined and colorful management style of John Sexton, the line succumbed to the effects of flood, fire, competing road traffic, and dwindling amounts of ore extracted in Eureka. The rails and rolling stock of the last surviving narrow
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Later corporate reorganizations brought on by financial difficulties saw the line operated as the "Eureka and Palisade Railway" and the "Eureka Nevada Railway."
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The Eureka & Palisade Railroad was built in 1875 to carry silver-lead ore from Eureka, Nevada, to the
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Burned in Engine House Fire, later scrapped. Previously engine #5.
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Burned in Engine House Fire, later scrapped. Previously engine #8.
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in Athol, Idaho where it runs daily during theme park operation.
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mining area, with the national railway network at Palisade.
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1148:#4 in 1892, renumbered 15 in 1906. Purchased from the SV. 781:#1 "Candelaria". Purchased from that road by the E&P. 383:
Scrapped by the B&B when the road closed in 1918.
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Currently privately owned in 77: 1142:Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern 227:one of the railroad's only surviving 7: 1058:Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs 236:National Register of Historic Places 1308:Boulder, Nevada, December 6, 2017 ( 144:Eureka Nevada Railway route in 1883 1410:Bonanza Railroads: Revised Edition 850:Alberta Coal & Railway Company 536:#5. Acquired from the SV in 1912. 35:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 1456:Narrow gauge railroads in Nevada 1393:. Berkeley: Howell-North Books. 346:. Gone by 1886. See link below. 20: 1364:American Narrow Gauge Railroads 338:, built for stock, sold to the 1312:) Retrieved January 28, 2024. 252:that was built in 1915 by the 201:Eureka & Palisade #4, the 79:Eureka & Palisade Railroad 1: 1471:1875 establishments in Nevada 1461:Companies established in 1873 1325:Dec 1999, Vol. 99#4 pp 92-107 1060:#36 in 1915. 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Palisade, Nevada
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Southern Pacific Railroad
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H.K. Porter Company
Silverwood Theme Park
Mason Machine Works
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