Eureka & Palisade Railroad #4 "Eureka"

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History

Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1875 for the Eureka & Palisade Railroad of Nevada.











Specifications

Service History

Eureka & Palisade

The Eureka was delivered in the standard Baldwin paint scheme of the era called Style 1.














Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company

Warner Brothers

Old Vegas

The Eureka was later sold to Old Vegas, an amusement park in Henderson, Nevada, where it was placed on display in 1980. In 1985, a fire occurred at Old Vegas, with a burning building collapsing on the Eureka, badly damaging the engine.[1]

Restoration

Sacred Relic

Eureka crossing the Animas river on the Durango & Silverton Railroad.









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