The Virginia and Truckee railroad began operating in 1869, hauling everything from precious gold and silver, to lumber and passengers, to and from Virginia City and Carson City. Eventually their lines would connect with Reno and their lines connecting them to the rest of the country. During the 1870’s business was booming and expansion was needed, a new depot / repair shop was constructed and in full operation by 1874. This massive structure covered 2 blocks, had 11 bays for locomotives to enter for repairs and maintenance, and also housed an iron foundry and a fabrication shop that built machinery for the railroad and other businesses. Once mining activity began to slow down, the railway moved to mainly transporting passengers, even later the need for a railway declined, the engines were sold off, and the shops became less and less needed. The railroad was dying and service to Virginia City stopped in 1939, the last train from Carson to Reno was in 1950. The line was shut down, the rails removed and the building left abandoned for nearly 30 years, the depot in Carson City was torn down and the materials sent away and repurposed in other buildings. The land it once sat on unused for a while with rumors of it possibly being cursed circulating… Eventually hotels and businesses would fill in these 2 city blocks and not long after strange experiences and talks of hauntings were common in the area. Sightings of people in victorian era clothing walking around, strange sounds and even voices and screams when no one else is around, most commonly sighted in one of the hotels, a woman in white that stares out of a window and passers by, and a man wearing overalls believed to be one of the old iron or railway workers. He is said to look very depressed or lost and often ignores those who try and help him. We decided to pay a visit to the hotel that now stands where this historic depot once was, and we were not disappointed by what we found.