List of Nevada railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Current railroads[]
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Common freight carriers[]
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Private freight carriers[]
- Nevada Industrial Switch (PGFX)
- (SVGX)
Passenger carriers[]
- Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr
- Las Vegas Monorail
- Mandalay Bay Tram
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum (NN)
- Nevada Southern Railway
- Nevada State Railroad Museum
- Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Railroad Contractors[]
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1906 | 1923 | N/A | ||
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway | ATSF | 1906 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway | ||
1881 | 1885 | N/A | ||||
BHP Nevada Railroad | BHP | 1996 | 1999 | N/A | ||
Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad | 1905 | 1928 | N/A | |||
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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | |
1878 | 1879 | Nevada Central Railway | ||||
SP | 1884 | 1893 | Nevada–California–Oregon 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 | |||
Nevada and Oregon Railroad | SP | 1880 | 1884 | |||
UP | 1889 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | |||
Nevada Short Line Railway | 1913 | 1918 | N/A | |||
1912 | 1938 | N/A | ||||
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 | ||
1872 | 1881 | N/A | ||||
1913 | 1947 | N/A | ||||
1891 | 1913 | |||||
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 | |
1903 | 1905 | Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad | ||||
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad | 1905 | 1946 | N/A | |||
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad | 1904 | 1940 | N/A | |||
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[]
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
- Quartette Mining Company
- Six Companies, Inc.
See also[]
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.
Categories:
- Lists of railroads by US state
- Nevada railroads
- Defunct Nevada railroads
- Nevada transportation-related lists