List of Nevada railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Current railroads

Nevada passenger rail
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Elko
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Las Vegas
(planned)
Winnemucca
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Reno
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Key
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Amtrak California Zephyr
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Brightline West (planned)

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Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Railroad Contractors

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19061923N/A
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway ATSF 19061911 California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Battle Mountain and Lewis Railway 18811885N/A
BHP Nevada Railroad BHP19961999N/A
Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad 19051928N/A
Caliente and Pioche Railroad UP 19061909 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19111923N/A
Carson and Colorado Railroad SP 18801892 Carson and Colorado Railway
Carson and Colorado Railway SP 18921905 Nevada and California Railway
Central Pacific Railroad SP 18621899 Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific Railway SP 18991959 Southern Pacific Company
Deep Creek Railroad WP 19161939N/A
Eagle Salt Works Railroad SP 19031910 Southern Pacific Company
Eureka Nevada Railway 19121938N/A
Eureka and Palisade Railroad 18731902 Eureka and Palisade Railway
Eureka and Palisade Railway 19021910 Eureka Nevada Railway
Fernley and Lassen Railway SP 19091912 Central Pacific Railway
Goldfield Railroad 19041905 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad UP 19051918N/A
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad SLR UP 19161987 Union Pacific Railroad
Nevada Railway 18781879 Nevada Central Railway
Nevada and California Railroad SP 18841893 Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
Nevada and California Railway SP 19051912 Central Pacific Railway
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway SP 18981917 Western Pacific Railroad
Nevada Central Railroad 18881938N/A
Nevada Central Railway 18791888 Nevada Central Railroad
Nevada Copper Belt Railroad NCB19091947N/A
Nevada Northern Railway NN19051983 Northern Nevada Railroad
Nevada and Oregon Railroad SP 18801884 Nevada and California Railroad
Nevada Pacific Railway UP 18891889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Nevada Short Line Railway 19131918N/A
Nevada Transportation Company 19121938N/A
Northern Nevada Railroad NN19911996 BHP Nevada Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railroad UP 19241973N/A
Oregon Short Line Railroad UP 18971903 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway UP 18891897 Oregon Short Line Railroad
Pioche and Bullionville Railroad 18721881N/A
Pioche Pacific Railroad 19131947N/A
Pioche Pacific Transportation Company 18911913 Pioche Pacific Railroad
Ruby Hill Railroad 1893N/A
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad UP 19031916 Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Silver Peak Railroad 19061918N/A
Southern Pacific Company SPSP18851969 Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company SPSP19691998 Union Pacific Railroad
Tonopah Railroad 19031905 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad 19051946N/A
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad 19041940N/A
Utah, Nevada and California Railroad UP 18991903 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Virginia and Truckee Railroad 18681905 Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway V&T19051950N/A
Western Nevada Railroad SP 18791880 Nevada and Oregon Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad WPWP19161987 Union Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railway WP 19031916 Western Pacific Railroad

Private

See also

Notes

  1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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