List of Utah railroads
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[edit] Current railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Salt Lake City Southern Railroad (SL)
- Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway (SLGW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Utah Central Railway (UCRY)
- Utah Railway (UTAH)
- Deseret-Western Railway (DWR) a private 35-mile mining railway
[edit] Tourist and museum railroads
These active railroads are known by several names including tourist railroad, historic railroad, museum railroad and heritage railway. These railroads frequently operated excursion trains.
[edit] Defunct railroads
[edit] Standard Gauge Common Carriers
- Bamberger Railroad
- Central Pacific Railroad leased to SP in 1885, merged to SP in 1959
- Deep Creek Railroad
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) later SP
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (DRG) later DRGW
- Castle Valley Railway
- Copper Belt Railroad (copper mine)
- Kenilworth and Helper Railroad leased to DRG
- Sevier Railway
- Tintic Range Railway
- Utah Eastern Railway
- Rio Grande Western Railway (NG and SG)
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (DRG) later DRGW
- Emigration Canyon Railway (quarry)
- Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad controlled by UP in 1921, leased to UP in 1936, merged to UP in 1987
- San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad name change to LA&SL in 1916
- Los Angeles Terminal Railway Company
- all OSL lines south of Salt Lake City, to SP,LA&SL in 1903
- San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad name change to LA&SL in 1916
- Ogden Rapid Transit Company
- Oregon Short Line Railroad later UP (NG & SG)
- Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
- New East Tintic Railway of 1896, to OSL in 1900
- Utah and Pacific Railroad of 1898, to OSL in 1901
- Salt Lake and Alta Railroad
- Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway later SLGW
- Salt Lake and Utah Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) later UP
- Tooele Valley Railway
- Utah and Northern Railway
- Utah Idaho Central Railroad
- Utah Coal Railway to Utah Railway in 1912
- Utah Central Railway
- Western Pacific Railroad (WP) later UP
[edit] Standard Gauge Industrial and Private Railroads
- Ballard and Thompson Railroad
- Bingham and Garfield Railway (copper mine)
- Boston Consolidated Mining Company (mine)
- Carbon County Railway (of 1922) (coal mine)
- Castle Valley Railroad (coal mine)
- Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad (mine)
- St. John and Ophir Railroad
- Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad (mine)
- Southern Utah Railroad
- Utah Copper
[edit] Narrow Gauge Railroads
[edit] Narrow Gauge Common Carrier
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad later DRGW
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway (of 1881) later RGW
- Echo and Park City Railway later UP
- Utah Eastern Rail Road
- Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
- Uintah Railway
- Utah Central Railway
- Utah and Nevada Railway
[edit] Narrow Gauge Mining
- American Fork Railroad (42" gauge)
- Bingham Canyon and Camp Floyd Rail Road (mine) later DRGW
- Boston Consolidated Mining Company (mine)
- Eureka Hill Railroad
- Independent Coal and Coke Company (42" gauge)
- Little Cottonwood Transportation Company (of 1916)
- Tintic Standard Mining Company
- Utah Iron Ore Corp.
[edit] References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Utah (PDF)
- UtahRails.net
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