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Carson and Colorado Railway
The Carson and Colorado Railway was a U.S. narrow gauge railroad that ran from Mound House, Nevada, to Keeler, California below the Cerro Gordo Mines. It was incorporated on May 10, 1880 as the Carson and Colorado ''Railroad'', and construction on the railroad began on May 31, 1880. narrow gauge track was chosen to reduce cost. Much of the route parallels U.S. Route 95 Alternate, U.S. Route 95, Nevada State Route 360 or U.S. Route 6
The Carson & Colorado began operations with a single Baldwin 4-4-0, the ''Candelaria''. The first train arrived at Keeler on August 1, 1883. The 300-mile route reached an altitude of 7100 feet in Montgomery Pass.〔Turner 1974 p.2〕 The railroad served an arid area heavily dependent on mineral resources for economic activity. The line was reorganized as the Carson and Colorado ''Railway'' in 1892 to reduce accumulated debt.〔Turner 1974 p.4〕
== Sale to the Southern Pacific ==
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the parent company of the C&C, sold the line to the Southern Pacific Company in 1900. Silver and gold discoveries at Tonopah, Nevada and Goldfield, Nevada provided a major boost of revenues shortly after the Southern Pacific purchase.〔 The northern 140 miles from Mound House to Mina, Nevada was converted to in 1905; and the C&C was merged into the Southern Pacific's narrow gauge subsidiary, the Nevada and California Railroad.〔Turner 1974 p.6〕 The Nevada and California Railroad was reorganized into the Central Pacific Railroad in 1912.〔 In the early 20th century, it operated under the name "Southern Pacific Keeler Branch". Portions of the line were abandoned in the 1930s and the 1940s, and the last narrow gauge common carrier made its final run on April 29, 1960.〔Likes 1975 p.83〕 The rails were removed in January, 1961. The former parent company, the V&T, is currently being reconstructed.
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