List of Nevada railroads
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[edit] Common Carriers
[edit] Current
- Amtrak (AMTK) via trackage rights over UP
- 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
- 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)
- San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
- 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 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
- Nevada Central 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)
- Central Nevada Railroad
- 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 (Virginia City)
- Yellow Pine Mining Company (copper, lead, zinc)
[edit] Narrow Gauge Logging
- Carson and Tahoe Railroad/Carson Tahoe Lumber and Fluming
- Crystal Bay Railroad
- Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Lake Valley Railroad
- Lake Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber
[edit] Passenger, Transit, Interurban and Commuter Rail
[edit] See also
[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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