The trains of the old west were abundant being erased by the growth of other forms of population. Very many of the trains left behind have since then vanished with the exception of the Southern Nevada Railway which today is a museum preserving this past.

Today the museum has its restored engines and train cars towards the front. Further back in the yard are the more deplorable trains which need allot of restoration. I have found over the years trains to be quite haunted if not strange. For example one of the train cars I went in had over a dozen dead pigeons some all very fresh or like they went crazy banging against the walls and ceilings till they died.

Walking amongst the trains and climbing them gives you an old feeling of stepping back into the days of old when in the wild west they provided a means for survival. Below you can read more on the history of the Nevada Southern Railway their actually was a couple of them.

Sometimes some investigations are meant just for the history and fun of it. I do think this is a pretty eerie place you almost get a sense of being watched from some of the older train cars.

© Lord Rick

History From:

http://www.nevadasouthern.com/NSR2009/NSR_History.html

  In 1928, the Federal Government appropriated $165 Million for the construction of the Boulder Canyon project, soon renamed to Boulder Dam and later given it’s current name of Hoover Dam. To bring people, supplies, and equipment to the site, a two lane vehicular road was built from Las Vegas to Boulder City. For heavy equipment and supplies, The Union Pacific in 1931 constructed a rail line linking their main Las Vegas line to Boulder City.   A railroad was needed to take supplies directly to the dam construction site. The U.S. Government Construction Railroad branch was built from Boulder City to the dam site proceeding down Hemenway Wash. That branch required the construction of five tunnels though the rock hills. That right-of way is now a walking trail that is accessible from a trailhead just east of the Alan Bible Visitor = s Center on US 93 east of Boulder City.   The Six Companies, Inc. Railroad branched off the U.S. Government Railroad in lower Hemenway Wash and crossed the river on a trestle bridge to the Arizona gravel pit. Another branch went from the gravel plant near the present Boulder Islands to the lower dam site. Dam construction began in 1930 and was completed just less than five years later in 1935. Shortly after completion of the dam, the Six Companies, Inc. Railroad branch was decommissioned and the rails removed. The railroad beds and trestle bridge were covered as the lake filled. The U.S. Government Construction Railroad was used until 1961 when the last generator was installed. The Union Pacific abandoned the portion of the line from Boulder City to Henderson in 1985 and donated the land and track to the State of Nevada for this Nevada State Railroad Museum.   Here at the Museum, the maintenance facility was built in 1996 and the platform was built in 2000.  Our excursion train run on the same tracks installed in 1931.  Equipment has been acquired by the State both through purchase and donation. The refurbishment of the locomotives and cars has been funded primarily by the State, with some private donations, and lots of volunteer labor. The first public run was the “Santa Train” in December 2002. The name "Nevada Southern Railway" was chosen as a complement to the "Nevada Northern Railway" excursion line that runs in northern Nevada in Ely.
                                                                                                                                     
                            
   The first Nevada Southern Railway
                                                                                                                                                                   
On March 8, 1880, the Nevada Southern Railway, First Division & was incorporated in Nevada. According to History of Nevada 1881by Thompson and West, there was to be “... an extension of theNevada Central from Ledlie in Lander County, under the name of theNevada Southern Railway, which will pass through the rich mining regionof Grantsville, and extending to a junction with the road fromCalifornia and from the East”. This construction was notcompleted.

                           
The second Nevada Southern Railway
                                                                         
The next Nevada Southern Railway&rdquo was incorporated on December 15, 1892 in Colorado. Despite it;s name, the NevadaSouthern Railway never entered Nevada. It left the Santa Fe at Goffs(Blake) California, went north through the Lanfair Valley and ended atBarnwell (Manvel) California. January 1893 began the three months ofgrading the right of way from Goffs to Barnwell (Manvel) California. Byapproximately mid-May 1893, the railroad was opened from Goffs 19 milesnorth to Lanfair. In June 1893, the line had progressed the 25 miles toPurdy. And by July 1893, the last five miles to Barnwell werecompleted. The grade of ore at the mines to be served by the NevadaSouthern was lower than expected, causing financial difficulty. Thebusiness (consisting of both mining interests and the Railway) wasreorganization in 1895 as the California Eastern Railway (although manytexts continued to refer to it as the Nevada Southern Railway) , whichwas subsequently purchased by the Santa Fe in 1902 and remained inoperation until 1923.

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