Railroads of Utah
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Corporation Index Numbers
The main benefit of the following lists, in nine parts, of railroads incorporated in Utah is that each entry shows the original organization date, the original organizers, and the original purpose and route of each company. Admittedly, obscure information, but a necessary part in understanding the history of railroads in Utah.
These lists were part of the first group of web pages available from UtahRails.net, but links were not provided due to the obscure nature of the information. The lists started out as hand-written notes in 1979 while examining the corporation files at the office of the Utah Secretary of State. The lists migrated to type-written notes as their coverage grew in the 1981-1984 time period, residing as a single page for each company, held in a three-ring binder. This period in the early 1980s was when the corporation files were being examined at the state archives. These corporate lists were the first items to be digitized in May 1998, and existed as word processor files on a desktop computer for several years, until converted to web pages. They have been occasionally updated since that time.
(These lists are *not* meant to be an index to railroads in Utah, and will not function as such.)
Part 1, Alta & Jordan Valley RR to Crescent Mining Co.
Part 2, Deep Creek RR to Iron County Ry.
Part 3, Iron Mountain & Utah Valley RR to Ogden Rapid Transit Co.
Part 4, Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. to Salt Lake & Echo RR
Part 5, Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Ry. to Salt Lake City & Manti RR
Part 6, Salt Lake City & Salina RR to Summit County Railway & Transportation Co.
Part 7, Tintic Ry. to Utah & Wyoming Central Ry.
Part 8, Utah Central RR to Utah Midland Ry.
Part 9, Utah, Nevada & California RR to Wyoming & Western Ry.
Duplicate Companies
Index numbers 4281 to 4368 (88 corporations) were all filed with the Secretary of State's office on May 4, 1903. This was the date that the corporation records of Salt Lake County were transferred to the State of Utah. Many corporations in this group also filed with either the Territory of Utah, or (later) the State of Utah. The low-numbered companies, beginning with index 4281, were for the "Pennsylvania land grab" companies of 1872, and the high-numbered companies in the 4360 series were for companies that were organized in the 1900-1903 time period.
A large majority of corporations filed with the Secretary of State in Utah, as well as those filed with the Salt Lake County Auditor of Public Accounts prior to the merging of the two offices in 1903, were dissolved for non-payment of their past-due corporate license fee. This fee was put in place in Utah in accordance with the a recent federal requirement for all corporations to file with the federal Internal Revenue Service. It was a minimal fee matching the administrative cost of maintaining the records at the state level, with the information then being passed on to the federal level. Various newspapers during January and February 1910 estimated that there were 400,000 corporations on the national level, and 6,000 corporations in Utah. The federal law, known as the Corporation Tax Act of 1909, was passed on August 5, 1909, creating what was called an excise tax, which was a fee to be paid to the federal Internal Revenue Service based on 1 percent fee of each corporation's net proceeds each year. Under the act, each state was required to register all active corporations.
November 9, 1974
Thousands of Utah corporations, especially mining corporations, were involuntarily dissolved on November 9, 1974 by the state's Secretary of State due to unpaid registration fees and taxes. The Utah state legislature passed what was informally called the "Shell Game Bill" in 1973 to allow the Secretary of State to dissolve inactive corporations, with some as old as 1904. The Secretary of State notified all of the inactive corporations (a total of 19,929) on record in early November 1973, giving the corporations one year's notice to pay delinquent taxes and file their annual report. Only 491 responded, and on November 9, 1974, a total of 19,438 corporations were dissolved. The move to dissolve inactive corporations came as a response to Utah having a reputation as the "stock fraud capitol of the nation," due to the difficulty for inactive corporations to dissolve voluntarily, which required a formal judgment from a court. (Provo Daily Herald, November 14, 1973; December 11, 1974)
Potential Research
Research the records held by the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service (archives.utah.gov), for the 1903 period for possible documentation of the transfer of corporation records from Salt Lake County to the State of Utah, in the following records series:
- Salt Lake County Clerk Incorporation Case Files and Record Books
- Salt Lake County Clerk Incorporation Case Files
- Salt Lake County Clerk Commission Minute Books
The List
| 44-A | Utah, Nevada & California Railroad (first) |
| 63 | Denver & Pacific Railway |
| 65 | Utah Southern & Castle Valley Railway |
| 69 | Echo & Park City Railway |
| 82 | Utah Eastern Railroad (second) |
| 96 | Utah Railway (first) (also 4322) |
| 101 | California Central Railway - Utah Division (also 4512) |
| 163 | Price River & Pleasant Valley Railway (also 4316) |
| 176 | Utah & Northern Railway |
| 222 | Utah & Wyoming Railway (second) (also 4318) |
| 246 | Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway (file includes file for the reorganized Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway of 1884) |
| 270 | Utah & Wyoming Central Railway (also 4320) |
| 412 | Ogden & Wyoming Railway (also 4314) |
| 420 | Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railway (also 4323) |
| 442 | Rio Grande Pacific Railway |
| 452 | Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway (first) |
| 486 | Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. (also 4324) |
| 487 | Salt Lake & Eastern Railway |
| 491 | Summit County Railway & Transportation Co. (also 4329) |
| 499 | Emery County Railway (also 4326) |
| 509 | Deseret Railway (also 4327) |
| 510 | Salt Lake, Nevada & California Railway |
| 513 | Utah & Arizona Railway (also 4328) |
| 536 | Utah Western Railway (second) |
| 544-B | Utah, Nevada & California Railroad (second) |
| 565 | Rio Grande Western Railway |
| 579 | Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway (includes files for Ogden & Syracuse Railway; Salt Lake & Western Railway; Utah Central Railway; and Utah Central Railway-Pleasant Valley Branch) |
| 624 | Ogden & Hot Springs Railway |
| 671 | Utah, Nevada & California Railroad (third) |
| 673 | Wyoming & Western Railway (also 4334) |
| 687 | Provo City Railroad - Provo Street Railway (also 4337) |
| 693 | Salt Lake & Eastern Railroad (also 4338) |
| 714 | Ogden & Cache Valley Railroad (also 4339) |
| 721 | Popperton Place & Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Co. (also 4340) |
| 797 | Great Salt Lake & Hot Springs Railway (also 4341) |
| 806 | East Bench Scenic Railway (also 4342) |
| 820 | Tintic Railway (also 4356) |
| 830 | Ogden Electric Railway |
| 879 | Ogden City Street Railway |
| 882 | Castle Valley Railway (first) (also 4352) |
| 904 | Sevier Railway (also 4355) |
| 909 | Utah, Nevada & California Railway (first) |
| 910 | Tintic Range Railway (also 4354) |
| 931 | Great Western Railway (also 4345) |
| 949 | Utah & Wyoming Railroad (also 4353) |
| 976 | Saltair Railway |
| 1075 | Salt Lake, Hailey & Puget Sound Railroad (also 4344) |
| 1126 | Salt Lake & Wyoming Railroad (also 4359) |
| 1154 | Corinne, Malad Valley & Northern Railroad (also 4358) |
| 1155 | Utah, Nevada & California Railway (second) |
| 1254 | Utah Midland Railway (second) (also 4321) |
| 1267 | Wyoming & Utah Railroad (also 4361) |
| 1408 | East Tintic Railway |
| 1412 | Cedar City Terminal Railway (also 4363) |
| 1439 | New East Tintic Railway (also 4368) |
| 1464 | Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad (also 4362) |
| 1483 | Grass Creek Terminal Railway (also 4364) |
| 1740 | Utah Midland Railroad (includes file for Utah Midland Railway (first)) |
| 1749 | Utah & California Railway (also 4365) |
| 1804 | Salt Lake & Pacific Railway (also 4357) |
| 2145 | Utah Eastern Railway (second) |
| 2146 | Utah Central Railroad (second) |
| 2265 | Utah & Pacific Railroad |
| 2375 | Duchesne Railway |
| 2566 | Salt Lake City Railroad (also 4347) |
| 2677 | Valley Railway Company of Utah |
| 2749 | Carbon County Railway (first) |
| 2810 | Salt Lake Valley Railway |
| 2928 | Ogden & Lucin Railroad |
| 3028 | Castle Valley Railway (second) |
| 3147 | Copper Belt Railroad |
| 3233 | Consolidated Railway & Power Co. |
| 3531 | Milford & Beaver Railroad |
| 3662 | Salt Lake & Utah Valley Railroad |
| 3730 | Salt Lake & Brigham City Electric Railway |
| 3854 | Salt Lake & Suburban Railway |
| 4050 | Malad Valley Railroad |
| 4281 | Little Cottonwood Railroad |
| 4282 | Salt Lake City & Manti Railroad |
| 4283 | Bingham Canyon Railroad |
| 4284 | Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad |
| 4285 | Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad, Branch |
| 4286 | Juab, San Pete & Sevier Railroad |
| 4287 | Lehi & Tintic Railroad |
| 4288 | Southeastern Railroad Company of Utah |
| 4289 | Salt Lake & Echo Railroad |
| 4290 | Salt Lake, Bingham & Tintic Railroad |
| 4291 | Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd Railroad |
| 4292 | Iron Mountain & Utah Valley Railroad |
| 4293 | Salt Lake City & Bingham Railroad |
| 4294 | Utah Eastern Railroad (first) |
| 4295 | Salt Lake & Coalville Railroad |
| 4296 | Utah Western Railway (first) |
| 4298 | Big Cottonwood Railroad |
| 4299 | Utah Southern Railroad Extension (first) |
| 4300 | Salt Lake & Ogden Railway (first) |
| 4302 | Oquirrh Railway |
| 4303 | Utah Coal, Coke & Railway Co. |
| 4304 | Utah Southern Railroad Extension (second) |
| 4305 | Utah Southern Railroad |
| 4306 | Salt Lake, Jordan & Bingham Railway |
| 4307 | Summit County Railway |
| 4308 | Utah Southern & Castle Valley Railway |
| 4309 | Salt Lake & Park City Railway |
| 4310 | Utah & Wyoming Railway (first) |
| 4311 | Utah & Nevada Railway |
| 4312 | California Central Railway - Utah Division (also 101) |
| 4313 | Price River Railway |
| 4314 | Ogden & Wyoming Railway (also 412) |
| 4316 | Price River & Pleasant Valley Railway (also 163) |
| 4317 | Salt Lake Eastern Railway |
| 4318 | Utah & Wyoming Railway (second) (also 222) |
| 4320 | Utah & Wyoming Central Railway (also 270) |
| 4321 | Utah Midland Railway (second) (also 1254) |
| 4322 | Utah Railway (first) (also 96) |
| 4323 | Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railway (also 420) |
| 4324 | Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. (also 486) |
| 4325 | Utah Central Railway (second) |
| 4326 | Emery County Railway (also 499) |
| 4327 | Deseret Railway (also 509) |
| 4328 | Utah & Arizona Railway (also 513) |
| 4329 | Summit County Railway & Transportation Co. (also 491) |
| 4330 | Wyoming, Salt Lake & California Railway (second) |
| 4332 | Ogden City Railway |
| 4333 | Salt Lake Rapid Transit Co. |
| 4334 | Wyoming & Western Railway (also 673) |
| 4335 | West Side Rapid Transit Co. |
| 4336 | Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railroad |
| 4337 | Provo City Railroad - Provo Street Railway (also 687) |
| 4338 | Salt Lake & Eastern Railroad (also 693) |
| 4339 | Ogden & Cache Valley Railroad (also 714) |
| 4340 | Popperton Place & Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Co. (also 721) |
| 4341 | Great Salt Lake & Hot Springs Railway (also 797) |
| 4342 | East Bench Scenic Railway (also 806) |
| 4344 | Salt Lake, Hailey & Puget Sound Railroad (also 1075) |
| 4345 | Great Western Railway (also 931) |
| 4347 | Salt Lake City Railroad (also 2566) |
| 4348 | Utah Northern Railroad (includes file for Utah & Northern Railroad) |
| 4349 | Salt Lake, Sevier Valley & Pioche Railroad |
| 4350 | American Fork Railroad |
| 4351 | Utah, Idaho & Montana Railroad |
| 4352 | Castle Valley Railway (first) (also 882) |
| 4353 | Utah & Wyoming Railroad (also 949) |
| 4354 | Tintic Range Railway (also 910) |
| 4355 | Sevier Railway (also 904) |
| 4356 | Tintic Railway (also 820) |
| 4357 | Salt Lake & Deep Creek Railway |
| 4358 | Corinne, Malad Valley & Northern Railroad (also 1154) |
| 4359 | Salt Lake & Wyoming Railroad (also 1126) |
| 4360 | Salt Lake & Ogden Railroad |
| 4361 | Wyoming & Utah Railroad (also 1267) |
| 4362 | Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad (also 1464) |
| 4363 | Cedar City Terminal Railway (also 1412) |
| 4364 | Grass Creek Terminal Railway (also 1483) |
| 4365 | Utah & California Railway (also 1749) |
| 4366 | Salt Lake & Ogden Railway (second) |
| 4367 | Salt Lake & Pacific Railway (also 1804) |
| 4368 | New East Tintic Railway (also 1439) |
| 4373 | Ogden & Northwestern Railroad |
| 4644 | Utah Light & Railway Co. |
| 4988 | Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad |
| 5351 | Coal Belt Railway |
| 5370 | Chicago & Pacific Railway |
| 5666 | Utah & Idaho Railroad |
| 6130 | Eureka Hill Railway |
| 6383 | Salt Lake City Union Depot & Railroad Co. |
| 6542 | Bingham Central Railway |
| 6549 | Southern Utah Railroad |
| 7037 | Bingham & Garfield Railway |
| 7257 | Tooele Valley Railroad |
| 7779 | Helper Western Railway |
| 7857 | Salt Lake & Idaho Railroad |
| 7906 | Castle Valley Railroad |
| 8633 | Alta & Jordan Valley Railroad |
| 8702 | Utah & Grand Canyon Railroad |
| 9102 | Ballard & Thompson Railroad |
| 9369 | Utah Coal Railway |
| 9449 | St. John & Ophir Railroad |
| 9971 | Salt Lake & Utah Railroad (first) |
| 10268 | Salt Lake & Alta Railroad |
| 10380 | Salt Lake Terminal Co. |
| 10792 | Salt Lake Light & Traction Co. |
| 10845 | Utah Light & Traction Co. |
| 10870 | Utah Idaho Central Railroad (second) |
| 11388 | Alta-Cottonwood Transportation Co. |
| 12185 | Deep Creek Railroad |
| 12256 | Little Cottonwood Transportation Co. |
| 13120 | Ogden Rapid Transit Co. |
| 13570 | Cache Valley Railroad |
| 13600 | Goshen Valley Railroad |
| 13794 | Logan Rapid Transit Co. |
| 14205 | Salt Lake & Denver Railroad |
| 14254 | Utah Rapid Transit Co. |
| 14450 | Utah Terminal Railway |
| 14701 | Salina Utah Railroad |
| 15038 | Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (includes file for Sevier Valley Railway) |
| 15468 | Carbon County Railway (second) |
| 17714 | Utah Idaho Central Railroad (third) |
| 22364 | Salt Lake & Utah Railroad (second) |
| 22644 | Bamberger Railroad |
| 22887 | Utah Idaho Central Railroad (fourth) |
Not Assigned Index Number
The following companies apparently were not assigned a Utah corporate index number:
Alta Scenic Railway
Bamberger Electric Railroad
Belt Line Railroad
Boston Consolidated Mining Co.
California Short Line Railway
Castle Valley Railway (third)
Central Pacific Railway
Central Pacific Railroad Co. of Utah
Coalville & Echo Railroad
Crescent Mining & Milling Co. (mining company)
Crescent Mining Co. (mining company)
Denver Pacific Railroad
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway
Eastern Utah Railroad (?)
Emigration Canyon Railroad
Grand Valley, Colorado & South Pacific
Great Salt Lake & Colorado River Railway
Inland Railway
Interurban Construction Co.
Kenilworth & Helper Railway
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
National Coal Railway
Nevada-Utah Mines & Smelters (mining company)
Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Portland, Dalles & Salt Lake
Promontory Development & Transportation Co.
Iron County Railway
Utah Central Railroad (third)
Salt Lake, Fillmore & Kanosh Railroad
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway
Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway (second)
Salt Lake & Payson Railway
Salt Lake & Sioux City
Salt Lake Southern Railway
Salt Lake & Western Railway (first)
San Juan Railroad
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
San Pete Valley Railway
Union Iron Co. (mining company)
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Central Railroad (first)
Utah & Colorado Railroad
Utah Copper Co. (mining company)
Utah Eastern Railway (first)
Utah Idaho Central Railroad (first)
Utah Interurban Railroad
Utah Interurban Electric Co.
Utah Iron Ore Corporation (mining company)
Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway
Utah Railroad & Mining Co.
Utah Railroad, Mining & Land Co.
Utah Railway (second)
Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad (first)
Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad (second)
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railway
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