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 Deseret Power Railway Kennecott Utah Copper
Passenger carriers
Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr Heber Valley Railroad Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner & TRAX Wild Kingdom Train
Defunct railroads NameMarkSystemThis is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.FromToSuccessorNotesAmerican Fork Railroad18721878N/ABallard and Thompson RailroadDRGW19111949N/ABingham Canon and Camp Floyd RailroadDRGW18721881Denver and Rio Grande Western RailwayBingham Central RailwayOhio Copper Company19071924Lost common carrier railroad status after 1924, continued as private mining railroad until Mascotte Tunnel closure. Two foot gaugeBingham and Garfield RailwayB&G, BG19081948Kennecott Utah CopperCache Valley Railroad19181927N/ACalifornia Short Line RailwayDRGW18821889San Pete Valley RailwayCarbon County RailwayDRGW18991900Rio Grande Western RailwayCarbon County RailwayCBC19221982N/ACastle Valley RailroadDRGW19091914Southern Utah RailroadCastle Valley RailwayDRGW19011908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadCentral Pacific RailroadSP18621899Central Pacific RailwayCentral Pacific RailwaySP18991959Southern Pacific CompanyCoalville and Echo RailroadUP18691874Summit County RailroadCopper Belt RailroadDRGW19011908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadDeep Creek RailroadWP19161939N/ADenver and Rio Grande RailroadD&RGDRGW19081921Denver and Rio Grande Western RailroadDenver and Rio Grande Western RailroadD&RGW, DRGWDRGW19201997Union Pacific RailroadDenver and Rio Grande Western RailwayDRGW18811889Rio Grande Western RailwayEcho and Park City RailwayUP18811899Union Pacific RailroadEureka Hill Railway19071928N/AGoshen Valley RailroadDRGW19181947Denver and Rio Grande Western RailroadGrass Creek Terminal RailwayUP18941910N/AHelper Western Railway19091920National Coal RailwayInland Railway19161924N/AKenilworth and Helper RailroadDRGW19111926N/ALittle Cottonwood Transportation Company19161925N/ALos Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadSLRUP19161987Union Pacific RailroadMalad Valley RailroadUP19021910Oregon Short Line RailroadNational Coal Railway19201954N/ANew East Tintic RailwayUP18961903San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadNewhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad19041927N/AOgden and Syracuse RailwayUP18871889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayOgden Union Railway and Depot CompanyOURDDRGW/ SP/ UP1888Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific RailroadOregon Short Line RailroadUP18971987Union Pacific RailroadOregon Short Line RailwayUP18821889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayOregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUP18891897Oregon Short Line RailroadRio Grande Western RailwayDRGW18891908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadSt. John and Ophir Railroad19121928N/ASalt Lake and Alta Railroad19131917N/ASalt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad CompanyDRGW/ WP19071978N/ASalt Lake and Eastern RailwayDRGW18881897Utah Central RailroadSalt Lake and Fort Douglas RailwayDRGW18831897Utah Central RailroadSalt Lake and Los Angeles RailwaySL&L18921916Salt Lake, Garfield and Western RailwaySalt Lake and Mercur Railroad18941913N/ASalt Lake and Park City RailwayDRGW18811881Denver and Rio Grande Western RailwaySalt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche RailroadUP18721874Utah Western RailwaySalt Lake and Western RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwaySaltair Railway18911892Salt Lake and Los Angeles RailwaySan Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadUP19011916Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadSan Pete Valley Railway DRGW18741908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadSevier RailwayDRGW18911908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadSevier Valley RailwayDRGW18801881Denver and Rio Grande Western RailwaySouthern Pacific CompanySPSP18851969Southern Pacific Transportation CompanySouthern Pacific Transportation CompanySPSP19691998Union Pacific RailroadSouthern Utah RailroadDRGW19071917N/ASummit County RailroadUP18711880Echo and Park City RailwayTintic Range RailwayDRGW18911908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadTooele Valley RailwayTOV19081981N/AUintah Railway19031939N/AUnion Pacific RailroadUP18621880Union Pacific RailwayUnion Pacific RailwayUP18801898Union Pacific RailroadUtah Central RailroadDRGW18971908Denver and Rio Grande RailroadUtah Central RailroadUP18691881Utah Central RailwayUtah Central RailwayDRGW18901897Utah Central RailroadUtah Central RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUtah Coal Railway19121912Utah RailwayUtah Eastern RailroadUP18791887Echo and Park City RailwayUtah Eastern RailwayDRGW18971900Rio Grande Western RailwayUtah and Nevada RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUtah Northern RailroadUP18721878Utah and Northern RailwayUtah and Northern RailwayUP18781889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUtah and Pacific RailroadUP18981903San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadUtah and Pleasant Valley RailwayDRGW18751882Denver and Rio Grande Western RailwayUtah Southern RailroadUP18711881Utah Central RailwayUtah Southern Railroad Extension CompanyUP18741881Utah Central RailwayUtah Terminal Railway19201921Utah RailwayUtah Western RailwayDRGW18891890Utah Central RailwayUtah Western RailwayUP18741880Utah and Nevada RailwayWasatch and Jordan Valley RailroadDRGW18721881Denver and Rio Grande Western RailwayWestern Pacific RailroadWPWP19161987Union Pacific RailroadWestern Pacific RailwayWP19031916Western Pacific Railroad
Private freight carriers Boston Consolidated Mining Company Crescent Mining Company Independent Coal and Coke Company
Passenger carriers Alta Scenic Railway
Electric Bamberger Railroad (B) Bamberger Electric Railroad (BE) Bingham Central Railway Consolidated Railway and Power Company East Bench Street Railway Emigration Canyon Railroad Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway Logan Rapid Transit Company Ogden City Railway Ogden Electric Railway Ogden and Hot Springs Railway Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway (OL&I) Ogden and Northwestern Railroad Ogden Rapid Transit Company Popperton Place and Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Company Salt Lake City Railroad Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway (SLGW) Salt Lake Light and Traction Company Salt Lake and Ogden Railway Salt Lake Rapid Transit Company Salt Lake Terminal Company Salt Lake and Utah Railroad (SL&U, SLU) Salt Lake and Utah Valley Railway Utah Idaho Central Railroad (UIC) Utah Idaho Central Railway (UIC) Utah Light and Railway Company Utah Light and Traction Company Utah Rapid Transit Company West Side Railway West Side Rapid Transit Company
Notes
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.