# Caliente station

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{{short description|Former train station in Caliente, Nevada, United States}}
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{{Infobox station
 | style = Amtrak
 | style2 = Amtrak old
 | name = Caliente, NV
 | type = [inter-city rail](/source/inter-city_rail) station
 | image = CalienteNV.jpg
 | caption = The former Caliente station, January 2007
 | address = 100 Depot Avenue<br>[Caliente](/source/Caliente%2C_Nevada), [Nevada](/source/Nevada)
 | country = United States
 | line = [Caliente Subdivision](/source/Caliente_Subdivision)
 | platform = None remaining
 | parking =
 | tracks = 2
 | passengers =
 | date =
 | pass_year =
 | pass_percent =
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 | opened = 1923
 | closed = 1997
 | rebuilt =
 | accessible =
 | connections = {{coord|37|36|46|N|114|30|51|W|display=inline,title}}
 | code =
 | baggage_check =
 | owned = [Caliente City](/source/Caliente%2C_Nevada)
 | coordinates =
 | services =
 | other_services_header = Former services
 | other_services = 
   {{adjacent stations
   | system = Amtrak
   | line = Desert Wind
   | left = Las Vegas
   | right = Milford
   | system2 = Union Pacific Railroad
   | line2 = Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
   | left2 = Etna
   | right2 = Eccles
   | line3 = Pioche-Caliente
   | left3 = Panaca}}
 | nrhp =
 {{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Caliente Railroad Depot
  | nrhp_type =
  | designated_other1_name = Nevada Historical Marker
  | designated_other1_abbr = Marker
  | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
  | designated_other1_link = Nevada Historical Markers
  | designated_other1_number = 249
  | designated_other1_num_position = both
  | image =
  | caption =
  | location = 100 Depot Avenue<br />[Caliente](/source/Caliente%2C_Nevada), [Nevada](/source/Nevada)
  | nearest_city =
  | coordinates = {{coord|37|36|46|N|114|30|51|W|display=inline}}
  | area =
  | built = 1923
  | architect = [John and Donald Parkinson](/source/The_Parkinsons)
  | architecture = [Mission Revival](/source/Mission_Revival)
  | added = March 5, 1974
  | visitation_num =
  | visitation_year =
  | refnum = 74001146
  | mpsub =
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| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|Amtrak}}
}}

'''Caliente station''' is a historic [Mission Revival style](/source/Mission_Revival_Style_architecture) [railway station](/source/railway_station), located in [Caliente](/source/Caliente%2C_Nevada), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), United States. The station is listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) as the '''Caliente Railroad Depot''', and is [Nevada Historical Marker](/source/Nevada_Historical_Markers) number 249.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvshpo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=9|title=Union Pacific Depot-1923|work=Lincoln County Historical Markers|publisher=Nevada State Historic Preservation Office|accessdate=June 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318102229/http://nvshpo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=9|archive-date=March 18, 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==History==
The station was built by the [Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad](/source/Los_Angeles_and_Salt_Lake_Railroad) (later the [Union Pacific Railroad](/source/Union_Pacific_Railroad)) in 1923 to serve the railroad's division point on the [mainline](/source/Main_line_(railway)) between [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), and [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City), [Utah](/source/Utah).<ref name="Thomas, Inez C. 1973">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=74001146}}|title=Caliente Railroad Depot|author=Thomas, Inez C.|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form|publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|year=1973|accessdate=May 3, 2009}}</ref>

The depot is a two-story wood frame [stucco](/source/stucco) building. The first floor held the passenger waiting room, station agent's office and other railroad offices. The second floor was used as a hotel.<ref name="Thomas, Inez C. 1973"/><ref name=tn1>{{cite web|url=http://travelnevada.com/tourist-attractions/info/caliente-railroad-depot.aspx|title=Caliente Railroad Depot|accessdate=February 22, 2009|publisher=[Nevada Commission on Tourism](/source/Nevada_Commission_on_Tourism)|date=|archive-date=March 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302032151/http://travelnevada.com/tourist-attractions/info/caliente-railroad-depot.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The division point at Caliente served as a maintenance facility and was a base for [helper locomotive](/source/helper_locomotive)s. In the 1950s, as [diesel locomotive](/source/diesel_locomotive)s replaced [steam](/source/steam_locomotive), the railroad no longer needed to use the Caliente site. Maintenance of the locomotives was moved to [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas) in 1948.<ref name="Thomas, Inez C. 1973"/>

Until 1997, the station saw service on [Amtrak](/source/Amtrak)'s ''[Desert Wind](/source/Desert_Wind)''.

==Present day==
In 1970, the building was turned over to the city of Caliente. In order to preserve the depot structure, the city moved its municipal services into the building. The station is now the Caliente [city hall](/source/city_hall), [library](/source/library), and [art gallery](/source/art_gallery).<ref name=tn1/>

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|National Register of Historic Places|Nevada}}}}
* [National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Nevada](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lincoln_County%2C_Nevada)
* [William A. Clark](/source/William_A._Clark)
* [Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel](/source/Kelso_Depot%2C_Restaurant_and_Employees_Hotel)

==References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Caliente (Amtrak station)}}

{{Amtrak Nevada stations}}
{{Nevada State Historic Places/Lincoln}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

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Category:Former Union Pacific Railroad stations
Category:Railway hotels in the United States
Category:Former Amtrak stations in Nevada
Category:Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1923
Category:Nevada historical markers
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Category:Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places
Category:Tourist attractions in Lincoln County, Nevada
Category:John and Donald Parkinson buildings
Category:Mission Revival architecture in Nevada
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Nevada
Category:Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Category:1923 establishments in Nevada
Category:Repurposed railway stations in the United States
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1993

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