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List of Nevada railroads
Last updated
August 11, 2025
The following
railroads
operate in the
U.S. state
of
Nevada
.
Contents
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
Private freight carriers
Passenger carriers
Railroad Contractors
Defunct railroads
Private
See also
Notes
References
Current railroads
Nevada passenger rail
Legend
California Zephyr
to
Chicago
Elko
Las Vegas
(planned)
Winnemucca
Brightline West
Reno
to
Rancho
Cucamonga
(
CA
)
California Zephyr
to
Emeryville
Key
Amtrak
California Zephyr
Brightline West
(planned)
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Common freight carriers
BNSF Railway
(BNSF)
Union Pacific Railroad
(UP)
Private freight carriers
Nevada Industrial Switch
(PGFX)
Savage Rail
(SVGX)
Passenger carriers
Amtrak
(AMTK):
California Zephyr
Carson & Mills Park Railroad
Las Vegas Monorail
Mandalay Bay Tram
Hard Rock-Treasure Island Tram
Nevada Northern Railway Museum
(NN)
Nevada Southern Railway
Nevada State Railroad Museum
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Railroad Contractors
Gabriel Willaman Railroad Construction
Defunct railroads
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(
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Name
Mark
System
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]
From
To
Successor
Notes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ATSF
1906
1923
N/A
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway
ATSF
1906
1911
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
Battle Mountain and Lewis Railway
1881
1885
N/A
BHP Nevada Railroad
BHP
1996
1999
N/A
Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad
1905
1928
N/A
Caliente and Pioche Railroad
UP
1906
1909
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
ATSF
1911
1923
N/A
Carson and Colorado Railroad
SP
1880
1892
Carson and Colorado Railway
Carson and Colorado Railway
SP
1892
1905
Nevada and California Railway
Central Pacific Railroad
SP
1862
1899
Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific Railway
SP
1899
1959
Southern Pacific Company
Deep Creek Railroad
WP
1916
1939
N/A
Eagle Salt Works Railroad
SP
1903
1910
Southern Pacific Company
Eureka Nevada Railway
1912
1938
N/A
Eureka and Palisade Railroad
1873
1902
Eureka and Palisade Railway
Eureka and Palisade Railway
1902
1910
Eureka Nevada Railway
Fernley and Lassen Railway
SP
1909
1912
Central Pacific Railway
Goldfield Railroad
1904
1905
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad
UP
1905
1918
N/A
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
SLR
UP
1916
1987
Union Pacific Railroad
Nevada Railway
1878
1879
Nevada Central Railway
Nevada and California Railroad
SP
1884
1893
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
Nevada and California Railway
SP
1905
1912
Central Pacific Railway
Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
SP
1898
1917
Western Pacific Railroad
Nevada Central Railroad
1888
1938
N/A
Nevada Central Railway
1879
1888
Nevada Central Railroad
Nevada Copper Belt Railroad
NCB
1909
1947
N/A
Nevada Northern Railway
NN
1905
1983
Northern Nevada Railroad
Nevada and Oregon Railroad
SP
1880
1884
Nevada and California Railroad
Nevada Pacific Railway
UP
1889
1889
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Nevada Short Line Railway
1913
1918
N/A
Nevada Transportation Company
1912
1938
N/A
Northern Nevada Railroad
NN
1991
1996
BHP Nevada Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railroad
UP
1924
1973
N/A
Oregon Short Line Railroad
UP
1897
1903
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
UP
1889
1897
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Pioche and Bullionville Railroad
1872
1881
N/A
Pioche Pacific Railroad
1913
1947
N/A
Pioche Pacific Transportation Company
1891
1913
Pioche Pacific Railroad
Ruby Hill Railroad
1893
N/A
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
UP
1903
1916
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Silver Peak Railroad
1906
1918
N/A
Southern Pacific Company
SP
SP
1885
1969
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
SP
SP
1969
1998
Union Pacific Railroad
Tonopah Railroad
1903
1905
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
1905
1946
N/A
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
1904
1940
N/A
Utah, Nevada and California Railroad
UP
1899
1903
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Virginia and Truckee Railroad
1868
1905
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
V&T
1905
1950
N/A
Western Nevada Railroad
SP
1879
1880
Nevada and Oregon Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad
WP
WP
1916
1987
Union Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railway
WP
1903
1916
Western Pacific Railroad
Private
Austin City Railway
Bluestone Mining and Smelting Company
Bristol Silver Mines Company
Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
Crystal Bay Railroad
Dayton, Sutro and Carson Valley Railroad
Golconda and Adelaide Railroad
Goldfield Consolidated Milling and Transportation Company
Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad
Pacific Portland Cement Company
Prince Consolidated Mining Company
Quartette Mining Company
Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
Six Companies, Inc.
Sutro Tunnel Railroad
Verdi Lumber Company
Yellow Pine Mining Company
See also
Streetcars in Reno
Notes
↑
This is one or more of the
Class I railroads
that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
Association of American Railroads (2003),
Railroad Service in Nevada
(
PDF
). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
Robertson, Donald B. (1986).
Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - The Desert States
. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd.
ISBN
0-87004-305-6
.
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See also:
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