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Nevada Historic Markers in Washoe County

Nevada Historical Marker 210
Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot
325 East 4th Street
Reno

Nevada Historical Marker 210: Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Depot
17 March 2016
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NCO Railroad Depot

This building was constructed as a passenger depot for the Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad, a narrow-gauge line connecting Reno with northern California and southern Oregon.

It began operations in 1882 as the Nevada and California Railroad. Reno was its headquarters with a roundhouse, repair shops, and a storage yard situated at this location. Northward expansion of the line terminated at Lakeview, Oregon, January, 1912.

In 1917, the Western Pacific Railroad purchased the N.C.O. line from Reno to Herlong, California, and standard gauged it. The depot continued to serve the traveling public until 1937.

The depot is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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