Editing Lyon County, Nevada (section)

===Railroads===
The [[Central Pacific Railroad|Central Pacific]] (the [[first transcontinental railroad]]) ran through the county, although a portion of the original route has been shifted for a new route south of Wadsworth in favor of Fernley. The Central Pacific later became the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] which was merged into [[Union Pacific]] in 1996.

The [[Virginia and Truckee Railroad]] runs through [[Mound House, Nevada|Mound House]] in western Lyon County, on its way from [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] to [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]].

The narrow-gauge [[Carson and Colorado Railroad]] had its terminus in Mound House, where it intersected with the V&T. It traveled east through Dayton, then turned south to the Mason Valley, and east again on its way to Walker Lake. Later a branch line connected the C&C to the Southern Pacific at [[Hazen, Nevada|Hazen]]. While the line west of Silver Springs was removed, the line from Hazen to Walker Lake (now standard gauge) is still in place, and used several times each week by the Union Pacific to service the [[NV Energy]] Fort Churchill Generating Station, near Yerington.

The [[Eagle Salt Works Railroad]] ran for 13.5 miles, primarily on the original Central Pacific grade from Luva (two miles east of Fernley) to [[Eagle Salt Works Railroad]].

The [[Nevada Copper Belt Railroad]] ran on the west side of the [[Mason Valley (Nevada)|Mason Valley]].