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Northern section of the route in 1908 Route in 1908 Southern portion of route in 1908 Driving the golden spike at Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1905.. The main line of the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Company extended from Beatty 78.95 miles (127.06 km) in a general north-northwesterly direction to Goldfield.
This is a route-map template for the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, a Nevada railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
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 ...
The name was changed to the Goldfield Passenger in February, 1917. The train was unnamed during operation by the United States Railroad Administration from July 1, 1918, until March, 1920, when the train to Tonapah was renamed the Tonopah Express. A decade later, the great depression ended Pullman passenger train service to Tonopah in 1930. [5]
Actively used by Via Rail. Brantford Union Station: 1916–17 Lake Erie and Northern Brantford and Hamilton: Theodore Videto: Joint station used by both railways designed in the New England Colonial style. B&H service ended in 1931, though LE&N service continued until 1955. The station stood vacant for 3 years before being demolished in 1958.
The northern end of the line (Beatty to Goldfield) was only in operation from 1908 to 1914. That 80 miles (130 km) of track was removed during World War I. The Las Vegas and Tonopah continued to serve the Bullfrog Mining District at Beatty until 1917/1918. By 1919, the remaining 110 miles (180 km) of track was abandoned and scrapped.
Baldwin Class 04-36-D 0-6-0 switcher engine, with 20x26 in. cylinders, 52" drive wheels, build number 29712. Weight was 135,000 lbs. Alongside sister locomotive #4, #3 worked on the BGRR from 1906 to 1908, then becoming property of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad after their merger with the Bullfrog Goldfield.