List of Utah railroads

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

Common freight carriers

BNSF Railway (BNSF): trackage rights over the UP
Salt Lake City Southern Railroad (SL)
Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway (SLGW)
Savage Bingham and Garfield Railroad (SBG)
Savage Tooele Railroad (STR)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP): Cache Valley, Cane Creek, Cedar City, Comstock, Evanston, Green River, Lakeside, Lynndyl, Malad, Ogden, Pleasant Valley, Provo, Salt Lake, Shafter, Sharp, and Sunnyside Subdivisions
Utah Railway (UTAH)
Utah Central Railway (UCRY)

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Utah passenger rail

(planned)

(suspended 2018)

(planned)

Roy

California Zephyr
to Reno / Emeryville

Salt Lake Central

Murray

Provo

Provo Central

Helper

Green River

California Zephyr
to Denver / Chicago

					Amtrak California Zephyr
					Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner

Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr
Heber Valley Railroad
Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner & TRAX
Wild Kingdom Train

Defunct railroads

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	From	To	Successor	Notes
American Fork Railroad			1872	1878	N/A
Ballard and Thompson Railroad		DRGW	1911	1949	N/A
Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd Railroad		DRGW	1872	1881	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Bingham Central Railway^[1]		Ohio Copper Company	1907	1924	Lost common carrier railroad status after 1924, continued as private mining railroad until Mascotte Tunnel closure.	Two foot gauge
Bingham and Garfield Railway	B&G, BG		1908	1948	Kennecott Utah Copper
Cache Valley Railroad			1918	1927	N/A
California Short Line Railway		DRGW	1882	1889	San Pete Valley Railway
Carbon County Railway		DRGW	1899	1900	Rio Grande Western Railway
Carbon County Railway	CBC		1922	1982	N/A
Castle Valley Railroad		DRGW	1909	1914	Southern Utah Railroad
Castle Valley Railway		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
Coalville and Echo Railroad		UP	1869	1874	Summit County Railroad
Copper Belt 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
Eureka Hill Railway			1907	1928	N/A
Goshen Valley Railroad		DRGW	1918	1947	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Grass Creek Terminal Railway		UP	1894	1910	N/A
Helper Western Railway			1909	1920	National Coal Railway
Inland Railway			1916	1924	N/A
Kenilworth and Helper Railroad		DRGW	1911	1926	N/A
Little Cottonwood Transportation Company			1916	1925	N/A
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad	SLR	UP	1916	1987	Union Pacific Railroad
Malad Valley Railroad		UP	1902	1910	Oregon Short Line Railroad
National Coal Railway			1920	1954	N/A
New East Tintic Railway		UP	1896	1903	San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad			1904	1927	N/A
Ogden and Syracuse Railway		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
St. John and Ophir Railroad			1912	1928	N/A
Salt Lake and Alta Railroad			1913	1917	N/A
Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad Company		DRGW/ WP	1907	1978	N/A
Salt Lake and Eastern Railway		DRGW	1888	1897	Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway		DRGW	1883	1897	Utah Central Railroad
Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway	SL&L		1892	1916	Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad			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	Utah Western Railway
Salt Lake and Western Railway		UP	1881	1889	Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Saltair Railway			1891	1892	Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad		UP	1901	1916	Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
San Pete Valley Railway		DRGW	1874	1908	Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Sevier Railway		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
Southern Utah Railroad		DRGW	1907	1917	N/A
Summit County Railroad		UP	1871	1880	Echo and Park City Railway
Tintic Range 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	Utah Central Railway
Utah Central Railway		DRGW	1890	1897	Utah Central Railroad
Utah Central Railway		UP	1881	1889	Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Utah Coal Railway			1912	1912	Utah Railway
Utah Eastern Railroad		UP	1879	1887	Echo and Park City Railway
Utah Eastern 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
Utah and Pacific Railroad		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 Central Railway
Utah Southern Railroad Extension Company		UP	1874	1881	Utah Central Railway
Utah Terminal Railway			1920	1921	Utah Railway
Utah Western Railway		DRGW	1889	1890	Utah Central Railway
Utah Western Railway		UP	1874	1880	Utah and Nevada Railway
Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad		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

Alta Scenic Railway

Electric trains of the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway, ca. 1910

Electric

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

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

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

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

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