Railroads of Utah - Alphabetical List

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Alta & Jordan Valley Railroad 1910 (not built)
Alta-Cottonwood Transportation Co. 1915 (not built)
Alta Scenic Railway 1925
American Fork Railroad 1872-1878
Ballard & Thompson Railroad 1911-1951
Bamberger Railroad 1939-1959
Bamberger Electric Railroad 1917-1939 (to Bamberger Railroad, 1939)
(renamed from Salt Lake & Ogden Railway, 1917)
Belt Line Railroad 1943
Big Cottonwood Railroad 1874 (not built)
Bingham & Garfield Railway 1908-1951
Bingham Canyon Railroad 1872 (not built)
Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd Railroad 1872-1879 (to Wasatch & Jordan Valley, 1879)
Bingham Central Railway 1907 (not built) (also known as the Mascotte Tunnel)
Boston Consolidated Mining Co. 1898-1910 (mining company)
Cache Valley Railroad 1918-1919
California Central Railway - Utah Division 1881 (not built)
California Short Line Railway 1882-1889
Carbon County Railway (first) 1899-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Carbon County Railway (second) 1922-1984?
Castle Valley Railroad 1909-1919 (to Utah Railway, 1914)
Castle Valley Railway (first) 1891 (not built)
Castle Valley Railway (second) 1901-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Castle Valley Railway (third) 1976 (not built)
Cedar City Terminal Railway 1894 (not built)
Central Pacific Railroad Co. of Utah 1881 (not acted on)
Central Pacific Railway 1880-1959 (to SP, 1959) (leased to SP, 1885-1959)
Chicago & Pacific Railway 1905 (not built)
Coal Belt Railway 1905 (not built)
Coalville & Echo Railroad 1869 (graded only)
Consolidated Railway & Power Co. 1901-1904 (to UL&Ry, 1904)
Copper Belt Railway (Railroad) 1901-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Corinne, Malad Valley & Northern Railroad 1892 (not built)
Crescent Mining Co. 1882-(?) (mining company)
Crescent Mining & Milling Co. 1910-(?) (mining company)
Deep Creek Railroad 1916-1939
Denver Pacific Railroad 1933 (not built)
Denver & Pacific Railway 1880 (not built)
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad 1908-1921 (to D&RGW, 1921)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 1921-1996 (to UP, 1996)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway 1881-1889 (to RGW, 1889)
(See also: D&RGW Ry., Consolidated Articles of Association)
Deseret Railway 1889 (not built)
Duchesne Railway 1899 (not built)
East Bench Street Railway 1890-1901 (to Consolidated Railway, 1901)
East Tintic Railway 1894 (not built)
Eastern Utah Railroad (?) 1911 (not built)
Echo & Park City Railway 1881-1898 (to UP, 1898)
Emery County Railway 1888 (not built)
Emigration Canyon Railroad 1907-1917
Eureka Hill Railway 1907-1937
Goshen Valley Railroad 1918-1947 (to D&RGW, 1947)
Grand Valley, Colorado & South Pacific 1904 (not built)
Grass Creek Terminal Railway 1894-1923 (to UP, 1923)
Great Salt Lake & Colorado River Railway 1872 (not built)
Great Salt Lake & Hot Springs Railway 1890-1896 (to Salt Lake & Ogden Railway, 1896)
Great Western Railway 1891 (not built)
Helper Western Railway 1909-1920 (name change to National Coal Railway, 1920)
Inland Railway 1916-1924 (to SLG&W, 1924)
Interurban Construction Co. 1911-1912 (to Salt Lake & Utah Railroad, 1912)
Iron County Railway 1922 (not built)
Iron Mountain & Utah Valley Railroad 1873 (not built)
Juab, San Pete & Sevier Railroad 1872 (not built)
Kenilworth & Helper Railway 1911-1926
Lehi & Tintic Railroad 1872 (not built)
Little Cottonwood Railroad 1872 (not built)
Little Cottonwood Transportation Co. 1916-1925 (?)
Logan Rapid Transit Co. 1910-1914 (to Ogden, Logan & Idaho, 1914)
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad 1916-1987 (name change from San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, 1916) (to UP, 1987)
Malad Valley Railroad 1902-1910
Milford & Beaver Railroad 1902 (not built)
National Coal Railway 1920-1954 (name change from Helper Western Railway, 1920) (to Utah Railway, 1954)
Nevada-Utah Mines & Smelters (mining company)  
New East Tintic Railway 1896-1900 (to OSL, 1900)
Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad 1904-1925 (?)
Ogden & Brigham City Railway 1894 (see Ogden Standard Examiner, March 17, 1894; articles of incorporation filed in Weber County on March 16, 1894, "yesterday")
Ogden & Cache Valley Railroad 1890 (not built)
Ogden & Hot Springs Railroad 1889-1903 (to Ogden & Northwestern, 1903)
Ogden & Lucin Railroad 1900- (?) (built SP's Lucin Cutoff)
Ogden & Northwestern Railroad 1903-1911
Ogden & Syracuse Railway 1887-1889 (to OSL&UN, 1889)
Ogden & Wyoming Railway 1882 (not built)
Ogden Cañon Railroad & Coal Company 1878 (incorporated in Idaho Territory, May 21, 1878; forfeited December 1, 1912)
Ogden City Railway 1883-1891 (to Ogden City Street Railway, 1891)
Ogden City Street Railway 1891-1900 (to Ogden Rapid Transit, 1900)
Ogden Electric Railway 1891 (not built)
Ogden, Lewiston & Northern Railroad 1913- (?)
Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway 1914-1918 (name change to Utah Idaho Central Railroad, 1918)
Ogden Rapid Transit Co. 1900-1914 (to Ogden, Logan & Idaho, 1914)
Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. 1888-1996 (to UP, 1996)
Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway 1889-1897 (to OSL, 1897)
Oregon Short Line Railroad 1897-1987 (leased to UP in 1936; merged with UP in 1987)
Oquirrh Railway 1877 (not built)
Portland, Dalles & Salt Lake 1872 (not built)
Popperton Place & Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Co. 1890-1901 (to Consolidated Ry., 1901)
Price River Railway 1881 (to D&RGW, 1881)
Price River & Pleasant Valley Railway 1882 (not built)
Promontory Development & Transportation Co. 1916 (not built)
Provo City Railroad 1890 (not built)
Provo Street Railway 1890-1894
Rio Grande Pacific Railway 1887 (not built)
Rio Grande Western Railway 1889-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
St. John & Ophir Railroad 1912-1928
Salina Utah Railroad 1920 (not built)
Saltair Railway 1891-1892 (name change to Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway, 1892)
Salt Lake & Alta Railroad 1913-1919 (?)
Salt Lake & Brigham City Electric Railway 1902 (not built)
Salt Lake & Coalville Railroad 1874 (not built)
Salt Lake & Deep Creek Railway 1892 (not built)
Salt Lake & Denver Railroad 1920 (not built)
Salt Lake & Eastern Railroad 1890 (not built)
Salt Lake & Eastern Railway 1888-1890 (to Utah Central, 1890)
Salt Lake & Echo Railroad 1873 (not built)
Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway (first) 1883-1884
Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway (second) 1884-1898 (reorganized in 1884)
Salt Lake & Idaho Railroad 1909 (not built)
Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway (first) 1887 (not built)
Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway (second) 1892-1916 (name change from Saltair Railway, 1892) (name change to Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway, 1916)
Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad 1894-1913
Salt Lake & Ogden Railroad 1892 (not built)
Salt Lake & Ogden Railway (first) 1875 (not built)
Salt Lake & Ogden Railway (second) 1896-1917 (name change to Bamberger Electric Railroad, 1917)
Salt Lake & Pacific Railway 1896 (not built)
Salt Lake & Park City Railway 1881 (to D&RGW, 1881)
Salt Lake & Payson Railway 1912 (not built)
Salt Lake & Sioux City 1892 (not built)
Salt Lake & Suburban Railway 1902-1904 (name change to Salt Lake Southern Railway, 1904) (not built)
Salt Lake & Utah Railroad 1912-1949 (reorganized in 1936)
Salt Lake & Utah Valley Railroad 1902 (not built)
Salt Lake & Western Railway (first) 1874
Salt Lake & Western Railway (second) 1881-1889
Salt Lake & Wyoming Railroad 1892 (not built)
Salt Lake, Bingham & Tintic Railroad 1873 (not built)
Salt Lake City Railroad 1872-1901 (to Consolidated Ry., 1901)
Salt Lake City & Bingham Railroad 1873 (not built)
Salt Lake City & Manti Railroad 1872 (not built)
Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad 1872 (not built)
Salt Lake City & Salina Railroad, Branch 1872 (not built)
Salt Lake City Union Depot & Railroad Co. 1907-1978 (joint between D&RGW and WP; to D&RGW, 1978)
Salt Lake Eastern Railway 1883 (not built)
Salt Lake, Fillmore & Kanosh Railroad 1918 (not built)
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway 1916 - (present) (name change from Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway, 1916)
Salt Lake, Hailey & Puget Sound Railroad 1892 (not built)
Salt Lake, Jordan & Bingham Railway 1879 (not built)
Salt Lake Light & Traction Co. 1914 (to Utah Light & Traction, 1914)
Salt Lake, Nevada & California Railway 1889 (not built)
Salt Lake Rapid Transit Co. 1890-1901 (to Consolidated Ry., 1901)
Salt Lake, Sevier Valley & Pioche Railroad 1872-1874
Salt Lake Southern Railway 1904 (name change from Salt Lake & Suburban Railway, 1904)
Salt Lake Terminal Co. 1913-1949 (joint between Bamberger and SL&U, to Bamberger, 1949))
Salt Lake Valley Railway 1900 (not built)
Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railroad 1890 (not built)
Salt Lake Valley & Eastern Railway 1887 (not built)
San Juan Railroad 1887 (not built)
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad 1901-1916 (name change to Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, 1916)
San Pete Valley Railway 1874-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Sevier Railway 1891-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Sevier Valley Railway 1880-1881 (to D&RGW, 1881)
Southern Pacific 1885-1996 (leased Central Pacific, 1885; merged with CP, 1959) (to UP 1996)
Southern Utah Railroad 1907-1921
Southeastern Railroad Company of Utah 1872 (not built)
Summit County Railway 1871-1881 (to Echo & Park City, 1881)
Summit County Railway & Transportation Co. 1888 (name change to Wyoming, Salt Lake & California Railway, 1888) (not built)
Tintic Railway 1891 (not built)
Tintic Range Railway 1891-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Tooele Valley Railroad 1908-1983
Uintah Railway 1904-1939 (part in Colorado, part in Utah)
Union Pacific Rail Road 1862-1880 (built into Utah, 1868) (to UP Ry., 1880)
Union Pacific Railroad 1897- (present)
Union Pacific Railway 1880-1897 (to UPRR, 1897)
Union Iron Co. 1881 (mining company)
Utah Railway (first) 1881 (not built)
Utah Railway (second) 1912-(present) (name change from Utah Coal Railway, 1912)
Utah & Arizona Railway 1889 (not built)
Utah & California Railway 1896 (not built)
Utah & Colorado Railroad 1872 (not built)
Utah & Grand Canyon Railroad 1910 (not built)
Utah & Idaho Railroad 1906 (not built)
Utah & Nevada Railway 1881-1889 (to OSL&UN, 1889)
Utah & Northern Railroad 1877 (not acted on)
Utah & Northern Railway 1878-1889 (to OSL&UN, 1889)
Utah & Pacific Railroad 1898-1901 (to OSL, 1901)
Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway 1875-1882 (to D&RGW, 1882)
Utah & Wyoming Railroad 1891 (not built)
Utah & Wyoming Railway (first) 1881 (not built)
Utah & Wyoming Railway (second) 1883 (not built)
Utah & Wyoming Central Railway 1885 (not built)
Utah Central Railroad (first) 1869-1881 (to Utah Central Railway, 1881)
Utah Central Railroad (second) 1897-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Utah Central Railroad (third) 1922 (not built)
Utah Central Railway (first) 1881-1889 (to OSL&UN, 1889)
Utah Central Railway (second) 1890-1897 (to Utah Central Railroad, 1897)
Utah Central Railway-Pleasant Valley Branch 1881 (not built)
Utah Coal Railway 1912 (name change to Utah Railway, 1912)
Utah Coal, Coke & Railway Co. 1878 (not built)
Utah Copper Co. 1904-1943 (mining company) (to Kennecott Copper, Utah Copper Division)
Utah Eastern Railroad (first) 1874 (not built)
Utah Eastern Railroad (second) 1879-1887 (to UP, 1887)
Utah Eastern Railway (first) 1881
Utah Eastern Railway (second) 1897-1908 (to D&RG, 1908)
Utah, Idaho & Montana Railroad 1872 (not built)
Utah Idaho Central Railroad 1918-1949 (reorganized in 1919, 1926, and 1940)
Utah Interurban Railroad 1905 (not built)
Utah Interurban Electric Co. 1912 (not built)
Utah Iron Ore Corporation 1923-1950 (mining company)
Utah Light & Railway Co. 1904-1914 (to Utah Light & Traction Co., 1914)
Utah Light & Traction Co. 1914-1944 (to Salt Lake City Lines, 1944)
Utah Midland Railroad 1896 (not built)
Utah Midland Railway (first) 1873 (not built)
Utah Midland Railway (second) 1886 (not built)
Utah, Nevada & California Railroad 1889 (reorganized 3 times in 1889) (not built) (another Utah, Nevada & California RR, organized in Nevada in 1899, completed UP's route from Uvada to Caliente)
Utah, Nevada & California Railway 1891-1892 (merged with Nevada & California, 1892) (not built)
Utah Northern Railroad 1871-1878 (to Utah & Northern Railway, 1878)
Utah Railroad & Mining Co. 1873 (not built)
Utah Railroad, Mining & Land Co. 1872 (not built)
Utah Rapid Transit Co. 1919-1936 (converted to gasoline buses, 1935) (to Utah Transit Co., 1936)
Utah Southern Railroad 1870-1881 (to Utah Central Ry, 1881)
Utah Southern Railroad Extension (first) 1874 (not acted on)
Utah Southern Railroad Extension (second) 1879-1881 (to Utah Central Ry, 1881)
Utah Southern & Castle Valley Railway 1880 (not built)
Utah Terminal Railway 1920-1921 (to Utah Railway, 1921)
Utah Western Railway (first) 1874-1881 (to Utah & Nevada, 1881)
Utah Western Railway (second) 1889-1890 (to Utah Central, 1890)
Valley Railway Company of Utah 1899 (not built)
Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad 1872-1881 (merged with Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd, 1879) (to D&RGW, 1881)
West Side Rapid Transit Co. 1890-1902 (to Salt Lake & Jordan Railroad, 1902)
Western Pacific Railroad 1916-1982 (to UP, 1982)
Western Pacific Railway 1903-1916 (to Western Pacific RR, 1916)
Wyoming, Salt Lake & California Railway (second) 1889 (not built)
Wyoming & Utah Railroad 1893 (not built)
Wyoming & Western Railway 1890 (not built)

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