Nevada Central Railroad Company Records, 1882-1937

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Title:: Nevada Central Railroad Company records
Dates:: 1882-1937
Abstract:: Records include: bad order car notices, financial records relating to fuel, materials and supplies, misecellanous expenses and revenues; correspondence with the U.S. Post Office Department; interline passenger traffic ticket sales report forms; Interstate Commerce Commission valuation reports for accounts 44: Shop machinery, 51: Steam locomotives and 53: Freight train cars.
Extent:: .333 Linear Feet 1 half- box + 1 oversize folder
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Nevada Central Railroad Company Records, MS 683, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Scope and content:: Records include: bad order car notices, financial records relating to fuel, materials and supplies, misecellanous expenses and revenues; correspondence with the U.S. Post Office Department; interline passenger traffic ticket sales report forms; Interstate Commerce Commission valuation reports for accounts 44: Shop machinery, 51: Steam locomotives and 53: Freight train cars.
Biographical / historical:: The Nevada Central Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad, completed in 1880 between Battle Mountain and Austin, Nevada to connect Austin, the center of a rich silver mining area, with the Central Pacific at Battle Mountain. However, by the time that the line was finished, the boom was almost over. Major silver production ended by 1887, although there was a slight revival later. By the middle 1930s most of the mines were closed. The Nevada Central Railroad passed into receivership for the last time in 1938.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Guy L. Dunscomb, 1988
Arrangement:: Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
Physical location:: Statewide Museum Collections Center
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Financial accounting
Places:: Correspondence--Letters
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

Collection Guide Author:: Library Archives staff
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-24 20:28:43 +0000 .

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Nevada Central Railroad Company Records, MS 683, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.

Location of this collection:: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

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Sacramento, CA 95814, US