List of Utah railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Utah.
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Common freight carriers[]
- BNSF Railway (BNSF): trackage rights over the UP
- Salt Lake City Southern Railroad (SL)
- Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway (SLGW)
- (SBG)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP): , , , , , Green River, Lakeside, Lynndyl, , , , Provo, Salt Lake, Shafter, Sharp, and Subdivisions
- Utah Railway (UTAH)
- Utah Central Railway (UCRY)
Private freight carriers[]
- Deseret Western Railway
- Kennecott Utah Copper
Passenger carriers[]
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- Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr
- Heber Valley Railroad
- San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
- Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner & TRAX
Defunct railroads[]
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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American Fork Railroad | 1872 | 1878 | N/A | |||
Ballard and Thompson Railroad | DRGW | 1911 | 1949 | N/A | ||
DRGW | 1872 | 1881 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway | |||
Bingham and Garfield Railway | B&G, BG | 1908 | 1948 | Kennecott Utah Copper | ||
Cache Valley Railroad | 1918 | 1927 | N/A | |||
DRGW | 1882 | 1889 | ||||
DRGW | 1899 | 1900 | Rio Grande Western Railway | |||
CBC | 1922 | 1982 | N/A | |||
DRGW | 1909 | 1914 | ||||
DRGW | 1901 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | |||
Central Pacific Railroad | SP | 1862 | 1899 | Central Pacific Railway | ||
Central Pacific Railway | SP | 1899 | 1959 | Southern Pacific Company | ||
UP | 1869 | 1874 | Summit County Railroad | |||
DRGW | 1901 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | |||
Deep Creek Railroad | WP | 1916 | 1939 | N/A | ||
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | D&RG | DRGW | 1908 | 1921 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | D&RGW, DRGW | DRGW | 1920 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway | DRGW | 1881 | 1889 | Rio Grande Western Railway | ||
Echo and Park City Railway | UP | 1881 | 1899 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
1907 | 1928 | N/A | ||||
Goshen Valley | DRGW | 1918 | 1947 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | ||
UP | 1894 | 1910 | N/A | |||
1909 | 1920 | |||||
1916 | 1924 | N/A | ||||
DRGW | 1911 | 1926 | N/A | |||
1916 | 1925 | N/A | ||||
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | SLR | UP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
UP | 1902 | 1910 | Oregon Short Line Railroad | |||
1920 | 1954 | N/A | ||||
UP | 1896 | 1903 | San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | |||
1904 | 1927 | N/A | ||||
UP | 1887 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | |||
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company | OURD | DRGW/ SP/ UP | 1888 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Oregon Short Line Railroad | UP | 1897 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Oregon Short Line Railway | UP | 1882 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | ||
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | UP | 1889 | 1897 | Oregon Short Line Railroad | ||
Rio Grande Western Railway | DRGW | 1889 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | ||
1912 | 1928 | N/A | ||||
1913 | 1917 | N/A | ||||
DRGW/ WP | 1907 | 1978 | N/A | |||
DRGW | 1888 | 1897 | Utah Central Railroad | |||
DRGW | 1883 | 1897 | Utah Central Railroad | |||
SL&L | 1892 | 1916 | Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway | |||
1894 | 1913 | N/A | ||||
Salt Lake and Park City Railway | DRGW | 1881 | 1881 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway | ||
Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad | UP | 1872 | 1874 | |||
UP | 1881 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | |||
1891 | 1892 | |||||
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | UP | 1901 | 1916 | Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | ||
DRGW | 1874 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | |||
DRGW | 1891 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | |||
Sevier Valley Railway | DRGW | 1880 | 1881 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway | ||
Southern Pacific Company | SP | SP | 1885 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | |
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP | SP | 1969 | 1998 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
DRGW | 1907 | 1917 | N/A | |||
Summit County Railroad | UP | 1871 | 1880 | Echo and Park City Railway | ||
DRGW | 1891 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | |||
Tooele Valley Railway | TOV | 1908 | 1981 | N/A | ||
Uintah Railway | 1903 | 1939 | N/A | |||
Union Pacific Railroad | UP | 1862 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway | ||
Union Pacific Railway | UP | 1880 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Utah Central Railroad | DRGW | 1897 | 1908 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad | ||
Utah Central Railroad | UP | 1869 | 1881 | |||
DRGW | 1890 | 1897 | Utah Central Railroad | |||
UP | 1881 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | |||
Utah Coal Railway | 1912 | 1912 | Utah Railway | |||
UP | 1879 | 1887 | Echo and Park City Railway | |||
DRGW | 1897 | 1900 | Rio Grande Western Railway | |||
Utah and Nevada Railway | UP | 1881 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | ||
Utah Northern Railroad | UP | 1872 | 1878 | Utah and Northern Railway | ||
Utah and Northern Railway | UP | 1878 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | ||
UP | 1898 | 1903 | San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | |||
Utah and Pleasant Valley Railway | DRGW | 1875 | 1882 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway | ||
Utah Southern Railroad | UP | 1871 | 1881 | |||
Utah Southern Railroad Extension Company | UP | 1874 | 1881 | |||
1920 | 1921 | Utah Railway | ||||
DRGW | 1889 | 1890 | ||||
UP | 1874 | 1880 | Utah and Nevada Railway | |||
DRGW | 1872 | 1881 | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway | |||
Western Pacific Railroad | WP | WP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Western Pacific Railway | WP | 1903 | 1916 | Western Pacific Railroad |
- Private freight carriers
- Passenger carriers
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Electric trains of the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway, ca. 1910
- Electric
- Bamberger Railroad (B)
- (BE)
- (OL&I)
- Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway (SLGW)
- Salt Lake and Utah Railroad (SL&U, SLU)
- (UIC)
- (UIC)
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 Utah (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
- UtahRails.net Retrieved March 10, 2006.
- List of Utah Railroads at UtahRails.net Retrieved June 9, 2006.
- Utah Railroads Index page at UtahRails.net Retrieved June 9, 2006.
- Strack, Don (1994), "Railroads in Utah", in Powell, Allan Kent (ed.), Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917
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