Eureka and Palisade Railroad
- Eureka and Palisade Railroad
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railroad_name=Eureka and Palisade Railroad
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logo_size=|marks=|locale= Palisade - Eureka, Nevada
start_year=1873|end_year=1938
gauge=RailGauge|3|lk=on
hq_city=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 convert|85|mi. 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. [ cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NV/Clark/state.html |title= National Register of Historic Places |accessdate=2007-10-11 |format= |work= ] 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.
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