The Eureka & Palisade Railroad was a

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railroad constructed in 1873-1875 between

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and

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, a distance of approximately . The railroad was constructed to connect

, the center of a rich

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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 Eureka & Palisade Railroad was built in 1875 to carry silver-lead ore from Eureka, Nevada, to the

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trunk line that ran through Palisade. Nevertheless, despite the determined and colorful management style of John Sexton, the line succumbed to the effects of flood, fire, competing road traffic, and dwindling amounts of ore extracted in Eureka. The rails and rolling stock of the last surviving narrow gauge railroad in Nevada were removed in 1938. The ''

,'' one of the railroad's only surviving

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, is listed on the

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. Another locomotive that has survived is #7, a Prairie named ''Pufferbilly'' that was built in 1915 by the H.K. Porter Company. It is privately owned by Gary Norton and can be seen at

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in Athol, Idaho where it runs daily during theme park operation.

Steam Locomotives

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External links

A Guide to the Eureka-Nevada Railway Company Records, NC02
Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno

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