Nevada State Historical Marker 189

Soon after 1900, laborers reworked some 373 miles of the original Central Pacific (now the Southern Pacific) line between Reno and Ogden, Utah

The effort involved shortening of the line in some places. One such change took Wadsworth (Nevada), a division terminal, off the main line. During the summer of 1904, the terminal was moved to this location, which became the town of Sparks.

The railroad dismantled a huge forty-stall locomotive roundhouse in 1959. The machine and erecting shops are still standing.