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The nearby gypsum mine was purchased in 1923 by the Blue Diamond Corporation of California. [5] The company opened a wallboard manufacturing plant at the site in 1941, and then began building a company town in 1942. [6] [7] The village of Cottonwood became known as Blue Diamondville that year, when a post office opened under that name.
begin Blue Diamond Road – end Windmill Lane: 0.490: 0.789: I-15 to I-215 east / CC 215 west – Los Angeles, Salt Lake City: Interchange: Decatur Boulevard: 4.333: 6.973: Rainbow Boulevard: Former SR 595 north: Blue Diamond: 11.005: 17.711: SR 159 east (Blue Diamond Road) / Erskine Junction Way – Blue Diamond, Red Rock: Begin Pahrump Valley ...
Caliente and Pioche Railroad: UP: 1906 1909 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad: California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1911 1923 N/A Carson and Colorado Railroad: SP: 1880 1892 Carson and Colorado Railway: Carson and Colorado Railway: SP: 1892 1905 Nevada and California Railway: Central Pacific Railroad: SP: 1862 1899 ...
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 ...
A railroad spur line was built in 1925 to connect Arden to the Blue Diamond Mine, 11 miles (18 km) to the northwest. [16] A gravel pit was established at Arden in the mid-1950s, and operated until 1978, growing to 160 acres (65 ha) in size. [17] A commercial operation has since resumed operations at the site.
This segment of SR 159 is known on maps and signs as Blue Diamond Road (assuming the name from SR 160), but is also referred to as Red Rock Canyon Road. As SR 159 enters the city of Las Vegas, it transitions into Charleston Boulevard , a major east–west section line arterial bisecting the Las Vegas Valley.
Las Vegas is the largest metro area in the US without passenger rail service. In 2005 DesertXpress Enterprises LLC was formed in an attempt to restore passenger rail service to Las Vegas Valley, though their terminal is planned to be a newly constructed station in Enterprise, south of Downtown Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Strip. [6]
By 1905 the Los Angeles and Salt Lake had connected Salt Lake City to Southern California through Las Vegas. The railroad provided freight and passenger service to Las Vegas until it was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1921. [6] The Union Pacific Railroad began the City of Los Angeles between Chicago and Los Angeles in 1936.