List of Nevada railroads

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Contents 1 Common Carriers 1.1 Current 1.2 Defunct 1.2.1 Standard Gauge 1.2.2 Narrow Gauge 2 Tourist and museum railroads 3 Industrial and Private Railroads 3.1 Standard Gauge 3.2 Narrow Gauge Mining 3.3 Narrow Gauge Logging 4 Passenger, Transit, Interurban and Commuter Rail 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Common Carriers

[edit] Current

• Amtrak (AMTK) via trackage rights over UP
  • California Zephyr (Amtrak)
• BNSF Railway (BNSF) via trackage rights over UP
• Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

[edit] Defunct

[edit] Standard Gauge

• BHP Nevada Railroad (BHP) 1996 - 1999 former Nevada Northern Railway
• California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway ATSF subsidiary - later ATSF
  • Barnwell and Searchlight Railway
• Central Pacific Railroad (CP) later SP
• Deep Creek Railroad
• Eagle Salt Works Railroad from CP
• Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad
• Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad later UP
  • San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
    • Caliente and Pioche Railroad
    • Utah, Nevada and California Railroad Company (of Nevada)
• Nevada Central Railroad
• Nevada Copper Belt Railway/Nevada Copper Belt Railroad
• Nevada Northern Railway (NN) later KCCX, BHP and NNRM
• Nevada Railroad
• Oregon Short Line Railroad (OSL) later a UP subsidiary
• Silver Peak Railroad
• Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) later UP
• Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
• Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
  • Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad
  • Goldfield Railroad
• Virginia and Truckee Railway/Virginia and Truckee Railroad/Virginia and Truckee Rail Road (VT)
• Western Pacific Railroad (WP) - later UP

[edit] Narrow Gauge

• Eureka and Palisade Railroad/Eureka and Palisade Railway
• Eureka-Nevada Railway
• Nevada-California-Oregon Railway later CP
  • Nevada and California Railroad (Reno - Amadee)
    • Nevada and Oregon Railroad
• Nevada and California Railway (Hazen - Mojave) later CP
  • Carson and Colorado Railroad/Carson and Colorado Railway VT Subsidiary
• Nevada Central Railroad (of 1888)
  • Nevada Central Railway
    • Nevada Railway
• Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
  • Tonopah Railroad

[edit] Tourist and museum railroads

These railroads are known by several names including tourist railroad, historic railroad, museum railroad and heritage railway. These railroads also operate excursion trains.

• Nevada Northern Railway Museum (NNRM) at Ely, Nevada
• Nevada Southern Railway at Boulder City, Nevada
• Nevada State Railroad Museum at Carson City, Nevada
• Virginia and Truckee Railroad (VT) at Virginia City, Nevada

[edit] Industrial and Private Railroads

A railroad that served one company, usually owned by that company, and was not a common carrier.

[edit] Standard Gauge

• Bluestone Mining & Smelting Company (mine)
• Goldfield Consolidated Milling and Transportation Company/Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company (mine and mill)
• Kennecott Copper Corporation (KCCX) later BHP Nevada Railroad
• Nevada Industrial Switch (NIS) serving Pabco Gypsum Mine 20 miles NE of Las Vegas, Nevada
• Pacific Portland Cement Company (quarry)
• Prince Consolidated Mining Company (mine) later sold to UP
• Six Companies, Inc. (quarry for Hoover Dam)
• Verdi Lumber Company (logging)

[edit] Narrow Gauge Mining

• Austin City Railway
• Battle Mountain and Lewis Railway (gold, silver) (had 1 passenger car)
• Bristol Silver Mines Company (copper, lead, silver)
• Dayton, Sutro and Carson Valley Railroad
• Golconda and Adelaide Railroad (copper)
• Nevada Short Line Railway
• Pioche and Bullionville Railroad (had 1 passenger car)
  • Central Nevada Railroad
    • Nevada Central Railroad (of 1871)
• Pioche Pacific Railroad/Pioche Pacific Transportation/Pioche and Pacific Transportation/Pioche Pacific Railway
• Quartette Mining Company (gold)
• Ruby Hill Railroad
  • Eureka and Ruby Hill Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Sutro Tunnel Railroad (?)
• Yellow Pine Mining Company (copper, lead, zinc)

[edit] Narrow Gauge Logging

• Carson and Tahoe Railroad
• Crystal Bay Railroad
• Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad
• Lake Valley Railroad
  • Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad

[edit] Passenger, Transit, Interurban and Commuter Rail

• Las Vegas Monorail

[edit] See also

• List of United States railroads

[edit] References

• Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Nevada (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
• Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - The Desert States. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN 0-87004-305-6. 

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See also: List of defunct United States railroads