The Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot, 675 E. Main St. in

Fernley, Nevada Fernley is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, and part of the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area CSA. The city was incorporated in 2001. The population of the city was 19,368 at the 2010 census. Fernley was home to the historic and on ...

was built in 1914, and was the eastern end of the Fernley and Lassen Railway line of the Southern Pacific, 30 miles from

Reno, NV Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...

. Also known as Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2005. It is a wood-frame building of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's "Common Standard Station Plan #22" and is significant as a good surviving example of railroad pattern book architecture, and the only example of that specific plan surviving in Nevada. It was used as a railway station until 1985. and The historic train depot was part of 112-mile Fernley and Lassen Railway, which joined the Red River Lumber Company in Westwood with the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, unifying the Southern Pacific Railroad's system in Oregon, Nevada, and California and providing rail transportation to farming and ranching communities in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada.

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Buildings and structures in Lyon County, Nevada Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Railway stations in the United States opened in 1914 Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in Nevada Railway stations closed in 1985 National Register of Historic Places in Lyon County, Nevada {{Nevada-railstation-stub