Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad collection
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Title: Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad collection
Dates: 1914-1937
Collection Number: MS 329
Creator/Collector:
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
Extent: 6 folders
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Miscellaneous Tonopah and Goldfield records include correspondence, a check, delivery receipts, a locomotive inspection report,
maps, and a Baldwin Locomotive Works proposal.
Language of Material: English
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Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad collection. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Biography/Administrative History
The Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad was created November 1, 1905, as a merger of the Tonopah Railroad and the Goldfield Railroad.
The line carried passengers and freight in the mining areas of southern Nevada between Mina and Goldfield. The railroad ceased
operation in 1947. For more information see David F. Myrick, Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Volume 1: The Northern
Roads (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1992).
Scope and Content of Collection
Miscellaneous Tonopah and Goldfield records include correspondence, a check, delivery receipts, a locomotive inspection report,
maps, and a Baldwin Locomotive Works proposal.