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The Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the parent company of the C & C, sold the line to the Southern Pacific Company in 1900.

Silver and gold discoveries at Tonopah, Nevada and Goldfield, Nevada provided a major boost of revenues shortly after the Southern Pacific purchase.

The northern 140 miles from Mound House to Mina, Nevada was standard-gauged in 1905 ; and the C & C was merged into the Southern Pacific's narrow-gauge subsidiary, the Nevada and California Railroad.

The Nevada and California Railroad was reorganized into the Central Pacific Railroad in 1912.

In the early 20th century, it operated under the name " Southern Pacific Keeler Branch ".

Portions of the line were abandoned in the 1930s and the 1940s, and the last narrow gauge common carrier made its final run on April 29, 1960.

The rails were removed in January, 1961.

The former parent company, the V & T, is currently being reconstructed.