By July 1872 the railroad had reached a site where a town called Tulare City had been planned. It was believed that by bypassing Visalia, Tulare City would soon become the new county seat, and a large area was set aside for government buildings, but that did not happen. Along the main right of way, from San Joaquin Street on the north to Elm Street on the south, the railroad constructed the resident engineer's and road master's residences, the roundhouse, machine shop, blacksmith shop, master mechanic's office, water tank, coal bins, stock corrals, lumber yard, commercial warehouses, and the passenger and freight depot. Beginning in 1892, all but the passenger and freight depot were relocated to the cities of Bakersfield and Fresno, both county seats and on the main line.