List of Wyoming railroads

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

Common freight carriers[]

  • v
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Wyoming train stations
Legend
Ended 1997
Pioneer
to Seattle
Evanston
Rawlins
Ended 1979
Cheyenne
Pioneer
to Chicago

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
BDW 1988 2000
BDW 2000 2002
CB&Q 1905 1916 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Carbon Cut-Off Railway UP 1889 1899 Union Pacific Railroad
CB&Q 1887 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Cheyenne and Northern Railway UP 1886 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q, CBQ CB&Q 1889 1970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 1901 1907 N/A Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway CNW CNW 1903 1972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company CNW CNW 1972 1995 Union Pacific Railroad
CB&Q 1909 1930 Colorado and Southern Railway
Colorado Central Railroad UP 1877 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
Colorado and Southern Railway C&S, CS CB&Q 1898 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Colorado and Wyoming Railway CW 1899 1980 N/A
Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway UP 1914 1924
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company UP 1867 1880 Union Pacific Railway
CNW 1890 1891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad CNW 1891 1903 Chicago and North Western Railway
CB&Q 1889 1897 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway 1901 1914 Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway
Laramie, North Park and Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company UP 1880 1900 Union Pacific Railroad
Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad UP 1924 1951 Union Pacific Railroad
CB&Q 1899 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
North and South Railway 1923 1935 N/A
UP 1924 1924 Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railroad UP 1897 1987 Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railway UP 1881 1889 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway UP 1889 1897 Oregon Short Line Railroad
UP 1905 1928
UP 1928 1951 Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad UP 1862 1880 Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railway UP 1880 1898 Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway UP 1890 1898 Colorado and Southern Railway
Wyoming Railway WYO 1909 1953 N/A
Wyoming Central Railway CNW 1885 1891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
Wyoming Colorado Railroad WYCO 1987 2007 none Line scrapped in 2007, the division in the state of Oregon is still in operation, however.
1895 1924
1924 1927 N/A
1923 1924 North and South Railway
CNW 1904 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
CNW 1904 1904
UP 1900 1910 Oregon Short Line Railroad
Passenger carriers
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Service along the former San Francisco Zephyr lasted from 1972 to 1983 and the Pioneer lasted only from 1992 to 1997.

Notes[]

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

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