Caliente Station
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 1997, 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.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Nevada
- William A. Clark
- Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel
References
- ^ "Union Pacific Depot-1923". Lincoln County Historical Markers. Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ^ Thomas, Inez C. (1973). "Caliente Railroad Depot". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ "Caliente Railroad Depot". Nevada Commission on Tourism. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
External links
Media related to Caliente (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons
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