Eureka and Palisade Railroad

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Eureka and Palisade Railroad
Locale	Palisade - Eureka, Nevada
Dates of operation	1873–1938
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Headquarters	Palisade, Nevada

The Eureka and Palisade Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad, constructed in 1873-1875 between Palisade and Eureka, Nevada, a distance of approximately 85 miles. The railroad was constructed to connect Eureka, the center of a rich silver mining area, with the national railway network at Palisade.

Later corporate reorganizations brought on by financial difficulties saw the line operated as the "Eureka and Palisade Railway" and the "Eureka Nevada Railway." The railroad was finally abandoned in 1938.

The Eureka, one of the railroad's only surviving steam locomotives, is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.^[1] Another locomotive that has survived is #7, a 2-6-2 Prairie built in 1915 by the H K Porter Company. It is privately owned by Gary Norton and can be seen at Silverwood Theme Park, Athol, Idaho where it runs daily during theme park operation.

[edit] References

1. ^ National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.

• Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9. 
• Myrick, David F. (1962). Railroads Of Nevada and Eastern California: Volume 1. Berkeley: Howell-North Books. ISBN 978-0874171938. 
• Kneiss, Gilbert H. (1954). Bonanza Railroads: Revised Edition. Stanford: Stanford University Press.