List of Wyoming railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Wyoming.

Common freight carriers

Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad (BDW) BNSF Railway (BNSF) Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad (RCPE) Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Wyoming Connect Railroad (WCT)

Defunct railroads

NameMarkSystemThis is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.FromToSuccessorNotesBad Water LineBDW19882000Bad Water RailwayBad Water RailwayBDW20002002Bighorn Divide and Wyoming RailroadBig Horn RailroadCB&Q19051916Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadBurlington Northern Inc.BN19701981Burlington Northern RailroadBurlington Northern RailroadBN19811996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe RailwayCarbon Cut-Off RailwayUP18891899Union Pacific RailroadCheyenne and Burlington RailroadCB&Q18871908Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCheyenne and Northern RailwayUP18861890Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf RailwayChicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCB&Q, CBQCB&Q18891970Burlington Northern Inc.Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailwayCB&Q19011907N/ALeased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadChicago and North Western RailwayCNWCNW19031972Chicago and North Western Transportation CompanyChicago and North Western Transportation CompanyCNWCNW19721995Union Pacific RailroadColorado RailroadCB&Q19091930Colorado and Southern RailwayColorado Central RailroadUP18771890Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf RailwayColorado and Southern RailwayC&S, CSCB&Q18981981Burlington Northern RailroadColorado and Wyoming RailwayCW18991980N/AColorado, Wyoming and Eastern RailwayUP19141924Northern Colorado and Eastern RailroadDenver Pacific Railway and Telegraph CompanyUP18671880Union Pacific RailwayEastern Wyoming RailwayCNW18901891Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley RailroadFremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley RailroadCNW18911903Chicago and North Western RailwayGrand Island and Northern Wyoming RailroadCB&Q18891897Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadLaramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway19011914Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern RailwayLaramie, North Park and Pacific Railroad and Telegraph CompanyUP18801900Union Pacific RailroadLaramie, North Park and Western RailroadUP19241951Union Pacific RailroadNebraska, Wyoming and Western RailroadCB&Q18991908Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadNorth and South Railway19231935N/ANorthern Colorado and Eastern RailroadUP19241924Laramie, North Park and Western RailroadOregon Short Line RailroadUP18971987Union Pacific RailroadOregon Short Line RailwayUP18811889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayOregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUP18891897Oregon Short Line RailroadSaratoga and Encampment RailwayUP19051928Saratoga and Encampment Valley RailroadSaratoga and Encampment Valley RailroadUP19281951Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific RailroadUP18621880Union Pacific RailwayUnion Pacific RailwayUP18801898Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific, Denver and Gulf RailwayUP18901898Colorado and Southern RailwayWyoming RailwayWYO19091953N/AWyoming Central RailwayCNW18851891Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley RailroadWyoming Colorado RailroadWYCO19872007noneLine scrapped in 2007, the division in the state of Oregon is still in operation, however.Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad18951924Wyoming and Missouri River RailwayWyoming and Missouri River Railway19241927N/AWyoming North and South Railroad19231924North and South RailwayWyoming and Northwestern RailwayCNW19041920Chicago and North Western RailwayWyoming State RailwayCNW19041904Wyoming and Northwestern RailwayWyoming Western RailroadUP19001910Oregon Short Line Railroad

Passenger carriers National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Service along the former San Francisco Zephyr lasted from 1972 to 1983 and the Pioneer lasted only from 1992 to 1997.

Notes

References Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Wyoming (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.