List of Utah railroads explained

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

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

NameMarkSystem[1] FromToSuccessorNotes
American Fork Railroad18721878N/A
Ballard and Thompson RailroadDRGW19111949N/A
Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd RailroadDRGW18721881Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Bingham Central Railway[2] Ohio Copper Company19071924Lost common carrier railroad status after 1924, continued as private mining railroad until Mascotte Tunnel closure.Two foot gauge
Bingham and Garfield RailwayB&G, BG19081948Kennecott Utah Copper
Cache Valley Railroad19181927N/A
California Short Line RailwayDRGW18821889San Pete Valley Railway
Carbon County RailwayDRGW18991900Rio Grande Western Railway
Carbon County RailwayCBC19221982N/A
Castle Valley RailroadDRGW19091914Southern Utah Railroad
Castle Valley RailwayDRGW19011908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Central Pacific RailroadSP18621899Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific RailwaySP18991959Southern Pacific Company
Coalville and Echo RailroadUP18691874Summit County Railroad
Copper Belt RailroadDRGW19011908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Deep Creek RailroadWP19161939N/A
Denver and Rio Grande RailroadD&RGDRGW19081921Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western RailroadD&RGW, DRGWDRGW19201997Union Pacific Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western RailwayDRGW18811889Rio Grande Western Railway
Echo and Park City RailwayUP18811899Union Pacific Railroad
Eureka Hill Railway19071928N/A
Goshen Valley RailroadDRGW19181947Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Grass Creek Terminal RailwayUP18941910N/A
Helper Western Railway19091920National Coal Railway
Inland Railway19161924N/A
Kenilworth and Helper RailroadDRGW19111926N/A
Little Cottonwood Transportation Company19161925N/A
Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadSLRUP19161987Union Pacific Railroad
Malad Valley RailroadUP19021910Oregon Short Line Railroad
National Coal Railway19201954N/A
New East Tintic RailwayUP18961903San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad19041927N/A
Ogden and Syracuse RailwayUP18871889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Ogden Union Railway and Depot CompanyOURDDRGW/ SP/ UP1888Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line RailroadUP18971987Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line RailwayUP18821889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUP18891897Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rio Grande Western RailwayDRGW18891908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
St. John and Ophir Railroad19121928N/A
Salt Lake and Alta Railroad19131917N/A
Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad CompanyDRGW/ WP19071978N/A
Salt Lake and Eastern RailwayDRGW18881897Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake and Fort Douglas RailwayDRGW18831897Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake and Los Angeles RailwaySL&L18921916Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad18941913N/A
Salt Lake and Park City RailwayDRGW18811881Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche RailroadUP18721874Utah Western Railway
Salt Lake and Western RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Saltair Railway18911892Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadUP19011916Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
DRGW18741908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Sevier RailwayDRGW18911908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Sevier Valley RailwayDRGW18801881Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Southern Pacific CompanySPSP18851969Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Transportation CompanySPSP19691998Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Utah RailroadDRGW19071917N/A
Summit County RailroadUP18711880Echo and Park City Railway
Tintic Range RailwayDRGW18911908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Tooele Valley RailwayTOV19081981N/A
Uintah Railway19031939N/A
Union Pacific RailroadUP18621880Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific RailwayUP18801898Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Central RailroadDRGW18971908Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Utah Central RailroadUP18691881Utah Central Railway
Utah Central RailwayDRGW18901897Utah Central Railroad
Utah Central RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah Coal Railway19121912Utah Railway
Utah Eastern RailroadUP18791887Echo and Park City Railway
Utah Eastern RailwayDRGW18971900Rio Grande Western Railway
Utah and Nevada RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah Northern RailroadUP18721878Utah and Northern Railway
Utah and Northern RailwayUP18781889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah and Pacific RailroadUP18981903San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Utah and Pleasant Valley RailwayDRGW18751882Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Utah Southern RailroadUP18711881Utah Central Railway
Utah Southern Railroad Extension CompanyUP18741881Utah Central Railway
Utah Terminal Railway19201921Utah Railway
Utah Western RailwayDRGW18891890Utah Central Railway
Utah Western RailwayUP18741880Utah and Nevada Railway
Wasatch and Jordan Valley RailroadDRGW18721881Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Western Pacific RailroadWPWP19161987Union Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific RailwayWP19031916Western Pacific Railroad
Private freight carriers
Passenger carriers
Electric

References

Notes and References

  1. This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
  2. Web site: Mascotte Tunnel / Bingham Central Railway . Strack . Don . November 22, 2018 . utahrails.net . Don Strack . February 26, 2024.

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