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Caliente, NV
inter-city rail station
The former Caliente station, January 2007
General information
Location	100 Depot Avenue Caliente, Nevada United States
Owned by	Caliente City
Line(s)	Caliente Subdivision
Platforms	None remaining
Tracks	2
Connections	37°36′46″N 114°30′51″W / 37.61278°N 114.51417°W / 37.61278; -114.51417
History
Opened	1923
Closed	1997
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Las Vegastoward Los Angeles Desert Wind Milfordtoward Chicago Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Etnatoward Los Angeles Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Ecclestoward Salt Lake City Panacatoward Pioche Pioche – Caliente Terminus
Caliente Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nevada Historical Marker No. 249
Location	100 Depot Avenue Caliente, Nevada
Coordinates	37°36′46″N 114°30′51″W / 37.61278°N 114.51417°W / 37.61278; -114.51417
Built	1923
Architect	John and Donald Parkinson
Architectural style	Mission Revival
NRHP reference No.	74001146
MARKER No.	249
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1974
Location

Caliente station is a historic Mission Revival style railway station, located in Caliente, Nevada, United States. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Caliente Railroad Depot, and is Nevada Historical Marker number 249.

History

The station was built by the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (later the Union Pacific Railroad) in 1923 to serve the railroad's division point on the mainline between Los Angeles, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

The depot is a two-story wood frame stucco building. The first floor held the passenger waiting room, station agent's office and other railroad offices. The second floor was used as a hotel.

The division point at Caliente served as a maintenance facility and was a base for helper locomotives. In the 1950s, as diesel locomotives replaced steam, the railroad no longer needed to use the Caliente site. Maintenance of the locomotives was moved to Las Vegas in 1948.

Until 1997, the station saw service on Amtrak's Desert Wind.

Present day

In 1970, the building was turned over to the city of Caliente. In order to preserve the depot structure, the city moved its municipal services into the building. The station is now the Caliente city hall, library, and art gallery.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Nevada
• William A. Clark
• Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel

References

1. "Union Pacific Depot-1923". Lincoln County Historical Markers. Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
2. ^ Thomas, Inez C. (1973). "Caliente Railroad Depot". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
3. ^ "Caliente Railroad Depot". Nevada Commission on Tourism. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.

External links

Media related to Caliente (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Former Union Pacific Railroad stations
• Railway hotels in the United States
• Former Amtrak stations in Nevada
• Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1923
• Nevada historical markers
• Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
• Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places
• Tourist attractions in Lincoln County, Nevada
• John and Donald Parkinson buildings
• Mission Revival architecture in Nevada
• National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Nevada
• Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
• 1923 establishments in Nevada
• Repurposed railway stations in the United States
• Railway stations in the United States closed in 1993