List of Utah railroads

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

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Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
American Fork Railroad 18721878N/A
Ballard and Thompson Railroad DRGW 19111949N/A
Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd Railroad DRGW 18721881 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Bingham Central Railway [1] Ohio Copper Company19071924Lost common carrier railroad status after 1924, continued as private mining railroad until Mascotte Tunnel closure.Two foot gauge
Bingham and Garfield Railway B&G, BG19081948 Kennecott Utah Copper
Cache Valley Railroad 19181927N/A
California Short Line Railway DRGW 18821889 San Pete Valley Railway
Carbon County Railway DRGW 18991900 Rio Grande Western Railway
Carbon County Railway CBC19221982N/A
Castle Valley Railroad DRGW 19091914 Southern Utah Railroad
Castle Valley Railway DRGW 19011908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Central Pacific Railroad SP 18621899 Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific Railway SP 18991959 Southern Pacific Company
Coalville and Echo Railroad UP 18691874 Summit County Railroad
Copper Belt Railroad DRGW 19011908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Deep Creek Railroad WP 19161939N/A
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad D&RG DRGW 19081921 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad D&RGW, DRGWDRGW19201997 Union Pacific Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway DRGW 18811889 Rio Grande Western Railway
Echo and Park City Railway UP 18811899 Union Pacific Railroad
Eureka Hill Railway 19071928N/A
Goshen Valley Railroad DRGW 19181947 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Grass Creek Terminal Railway UP 18941910N/A
Helper Western Railway 19091920 National Coal Railway
Inland Railway 19161924N/A
Kenilworth and Helper Railroad DRGW 19111926N/A
Little Cottonwood Transportation Company 19161925N/A
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad SLR UP 19161987 Union Pacific Railroad
Malad Valley Railroad UP 19021910 Oregon Short Line Railroad
National Coal Railway 19201954N/A
New East Tintic Railway UP 18961903 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad 19041927N/A
Ogden and Syracuse Railway UP 18871889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company OURD DRGW/ SP/ UP 1888Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railroad UP 18971987 Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railway UP 18821889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway UP 18891897 Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rio Grande Western Railway DRGW 18891908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
St. John and Ophir Railroad 19121928N/A
Salt Lake and Alta Railroad 19131917N/A
Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad Company DRGW/ WP 19071978N/A
Salt Lake and Eastern Railway DRGW 18881897Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway DRGW 18831897Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway SL&L18921916 Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad 18941913N/A
Salt Lake and Park City Railway DRGW 18811881 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad UP 18721874 Utah Western Railway
Salt Lake and Western Railway UP 18811889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Saltair Railway 18911892 Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad UP 19011916 Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
San Pete Valley Railway DRGW 18741908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Sevier Railway DRGW 18911908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Sevier Valley Railway DRGW 18801881 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Southern Pacific Company SPSP18851969 Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company SPSP19691998 Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Utah Railroad DRGW 19071917N/A
Summit County Railroad UP 18711880 Echo and Park City Railway
Tintic Range Railway DRGW 18911908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Tooele Valley Railway TOV19081981N/A
Uintah Railway 19031939N/A
Union Pacific Railroad UP 18621880 Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railway UP 18801898 Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Central Railroad DRGW 18971908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Utah Central Railroad UP 18691881 Utah Central Railway
Utah Central Railway DRGW 18901897Utah Central Railroad
Utah Central Railway UP 18811889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah Coal Railway 19121912 Utah Railway
Utah Eastern Railroad UP 18791887 Echo and Park City Railway
Utah Eastern Railway DRGW 18971900 Rio Grande Western Railway
Utah and Nevada Railway UP 18811889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah Northern Railroad UP 18721878 Utah and Northern Railway
Utah and Northern Railway UP 18781889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah and Pacific Railroad UP 18981903 San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Utah and Pleasant Valley Railway DRGW 18751882 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Utah Southern Railroad UP 18711881 Utah Central Railway
Utah Southern Railroad Extension Company UP 18741881 Utah Central Railway
Utah Terminal Railway 19201921 Utah Railway
Utah Western Railway DRGW 18891890 Utah Central Railway
Utah Western Railway UP 18741880 Utah and Nevada Railway
Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad DRGW 18721881 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Western Pacific Railroad WPWP19161987 Union Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railway WP 19031916 Western Pacific Railroad
Private freight carriers
Passenger carriers
Electric trains of the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway, ca. 1910 Electric traction for railway trains; a book for students, electrical and mechanical engineers, superintendents of motive power and others (1911) (14572137808).jpg
Electric trains of the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway, ca. 1910
Electric

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ Strack, Don (November 22, 2018). "Mascotte Tunnel / Bingham Central Railway". utahrails.net. Don Strack. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
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