The Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad had many names. Until the end of 1892 the N-C-O was still subject to operating under the names of the Nevada & Oregon and Nevada & California Railroad due to the fact that some old bonds had not been paid. On January 1, 1893 the name was officially changed to the Nevada-California & Oregon Railway. The initials N-C-O, became a target for criticism of the railroad’s poor service. The N-C-O received such dreadful titles as the Narrow Crooked & Onery. the Never-Comes-Over Northern California Outrage and the Nevada-California Occasional. J.M. Tremain, editor of Susanville’s Lassen Weekly Mail called the N-C-O a “tri-weekly.” “It goes to Reno one week and tries to return the next.”