[3] The station served several Union Pacific trains a day, due for Los Angeles to the west and Salt Lake City, then St. Louis and Chicago to the east.

[4] All of these trains, save for the Gold Coast, lasted until Amtrak assumed responsibility for the Union Pacific's passenger operations in May 1971.

Its original owners included local business people Sam Boyd, Howard Cannon, Jackie Gaughan, and Frank Scott.

[5] Amtrak planned for restoration of Las Vegas rail service surfaced almost immediately after the discontinuation of the Desert Wind.

These plans recommended using Talgo trains between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, similar to Amtrak's Cascades route in the Pacific Northwest.