Category:U.S. Construction Railroad

English: The U.S. Construction Railroad line (completed in 1931) was built to facilitate the difficult acces to the Hoover Dam construction site. The federal government contracted with Lewis Construction Co. of Los Angeles to construct the 10 miles long line from Boulder Junction on the Union Pacific Railroad line eastward to a point overlooking the Nevada powerhouse, at an elevation of 1370 feet (138 vertical feet above the dam's crest). The line was abandoned in 1961 and the tracks dismantled in 1962. In 2015 à 3,7 miles section (from trailhead to Hoover Dam Parking Garage) known as Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail was designated as a National Historic Trail.[1]