page_title: Las Vegas station (Nevada)
section_title: Las Vegas Union Pacific Station
hierarchical_section_title: Las Vegas station (Nevada) / Las Vegas Union Pacific Station
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada Subjects: Railroad stations Places: Hoover Dam Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard)&#160;: linen texture, color&#160;; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_015516
context_page_description: Las Vegas station was a passenger railroad station in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is connected to the rear of the Plaza Hotel & Casino and was in service from 1971 until the demise of the Desert Wind in 1997.
context_section_description: Prior to the construction of the casino, part of the site was used for a Streamline Moderne train station.  Constructed in 1940, the station was upgraded with neon lights in 1946.  This station was demolished in 1971 and replaced by the Union Plaza Hotel, which included a small waiting room to be used as a station for Amtrak trains.
caption: Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, ca. 1940–1945
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