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The Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (BGRR) was a railroad lying just inside and about midway of the southwestern State line of Nevada.It was incorporated in 1905 to provide an outlet from the mining section near Beatty to the north over the lines of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad and the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The railroad of Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad lying just inside and about midway of the southwestern State line of Nevada. The main line extends from Beatty 78.95 miles in a general north-northwesterly direction to Goldfield.
Bullfrog Junction (MP 241.59), junction point for the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad and the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad. Goldfield (MP 242.69), originally a station of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad, also joint operated with the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad. The T&T had an agency here until 1914 when it was rerouted over the LV&T tracks to ...
In addition, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad built some right-of-way and leased out its trackage rights to operating railroads. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Tonopah and Goldfield held a brief strategic advantage over its competitors: its northern railhead at Mina was a junction point with the Nevada and California Railroad (N&C), an affiliate line of one of ...
Upon abandonment of the railroad in 1917/1918, these locomotives were sold to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, and the San Diego and Arizona Railway. When the LV&T merged with the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad in 1914, it also acquired its 6 steam locomotives, involving two 0-6-0 switcher locomotives, two ...
In October 1906, the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (LV&T) began regular service to Beatty; in April 1907, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (BG) reached the community, and the Tonopah and Tidewater (T&T) line added a third railroad in October 1907. [4] The LV&T ceased operations in 1918, the BG in 1928, and the T&T in 1940. [4]
The first was the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (LVTR), which began running regular trains to the city on December 14, 1906. [33] Its depot, built in California-mission style, cost about $130,000, [34] equivalent to about $4,410,000 in 2023. [27] About a half-year later, the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad (BGR) began regular service from the north.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1906 1923 N/A Barnwell and Searchlight Railway: ATSF: 1906 1911 California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: Battle Mountain and Lewis Railway: 1881 1885 N/A BHP Nevada Railroad: BHP 1996 1999 N/A Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad: 1905 1928 N/A Caliente and Pioche Railroad: UP: 1906 1909