Fourth Street’s proximity to the Central Pacific tracks, later the Southern Pacific, and the Virginia and Truckee Railroad tracks made it a perfect location for warehouses and manufacturers to ship supplies to and from Reno. The Nevada-California-Oregon Railway was started in 1880 to carry passengers and freight from Reno to and from northeastern California and Oregon. The Nevada-California-Oregon Railway depot (pictured) was designed by Frederic DeLongchamps in 1910. The locomotive house (pictured with men posing in front of a train), built in 1889, is the oldest remaining engine house in the state. The Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Railway was considered the longest narrow-gauge railroad, at 238 miles, when it reached Lakeview, Oregon, in 1912. In 1917, Nevada-California-Oregon Railway sold 64 miles of the line and the Reno depot to Western Pacific Railroad, who changed the tracks to standard gauge. From 1917 to 1937, the depot served as a Western Pacific passenger and freight depot. (Photographs courtesy of the Nevada Historical Society, RR-962; RR-1156.)
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