High Noon – Surviving Railroad Depots of Nevada (Virtual)

August 21, 2025
Noon

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Title: Surviving Railroad Depots of Nevada

Speaker: Jean-Guy Tanner Dubé

Talk Summary: Nevada’s railroad history is long, rich, and varied, dating back to 1868 when the Central Pacific Railroad reached the state, building east from Sacramento, California. In a century and a half since, the Battle Born state has been served by a handful of railroads. One aspect of their legacy is the railroad depots and facilities built to serve local communities. A century ago, there were hundreds of depots dotting the state.

Today, just over two dozen passenger and freight depots survive in Nevada. Some are threatened, and some are preserved. Their present-day uses range from Amtrak stops to museums; homes to a brewery; businesses to tourist railroads.

Speaker Bio: is an author, architectural draftsman, and historian. He has studied Southern Pacific depots since 1983 and is the author of Railroad Depots: A Southern Pacific Collection. Dube’ works for the State Historic Preservation Office of Nevada as the National and State Register of Historic Places Coordinator. He is a member of the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Southern Pacific Historic and Technical Society, and Virginia and Truckee Railroad Historical Society. Dube’ received the Leicester B. Holland Prize in 2017.