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The increasing popularity of automobiles, as well as the high cost of track maintenance, soon led to the decline of streetcars in Reno. [16] The last few years of the Nevada Interurban's life would see service ceased in the winter due to a lack of riders. [15] Reno Traction refused to renew their trackage agreements with the Interurban in 1919 ...
3 See also. 4 Notes. 5 References. ... Streetcars in Reno; Notes. References Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Nevada . Retrieved May 11 ...
The RTC, founded by the Nevada Legislature in 1979, is an amalgamation of the Regional Street and Highway Commission, the Regional Transit Commission and the Washoe County Area Transportation Study Policy Committee. [3] They provide public transportation services, street and highway construction, and transportation planning.
This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...
The Southern Pacific Depot was also the terminus of Reno's street railways: Reno Traction Company streetcars and the Nevada Interurban served the station between 1908 and 1925. [8] The Western Pacific Railroad historically provided service to Reno, but never used this station, instead using the (now disused for rail service) Nevada-California ...
Excursion train hauled by locomotive No. 40, in 2005. #40 was purchased new in 1910 for $13,139. In a series of donations beginning in 1986, Kennecott transferred the entire Ore Line, as well as the railroad's yard and shop facilities in East Ely, to the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation, a non-profit organization that today operates the property as the Nevada Northern Railway Museum ...
The Newlands Historic District in Reno, Nevada is a historic district on the bluffs south of the Truckee River which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is a residential district bounded by the Truckee River on the north, Arlington Avenue on the east, Monroe Street on the south and Keystone Avenue, California ...
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Carson City: Carson City: 36 36 K36NB-D: Silent Ely: Ely: 3 22 K22KB-D: Silent Golconda: Golconda: 31