User:NE2/UT railroad list


 * Union Pacific Railroad: chartered 1862 as Union Pacific Railroad, organized 1863, entered Utah 1868-69, consolidated into Union Pacific Railway 1880, reorganized as Union Pacific Railroad 1897-1898, consolidated into SPTC 1998
 * Echo and Park City Railway: chartered 1871 by Mormons as Summit County Railroad, opened 1873, reorganized 1881 by UP interests as Echo and Park City Railway, sold to UP 1899
 * Utah Eastern Rail Road chartered 1879 by non-UP interests, opened 1880, UP gained control and suspended operations 1883, sold to Echo and Park City Railway 1887
 * Coalville and Echo Railroad: chartered 1869 by Mormons, grade sold to Echo and Park City Railway 1874
 * Grass Creek Terminal Railway: chartered 1894 by Mormons, opened 1896 by UP


 * Oregon Short Line Railroad: chartered 1889 by UP interests as Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway (consolidation of others), reorganized 1897 as Oregon Short Line Railroad, UP gained control in 1899, leased 1936 by UP, consolidated into UP 1987
 * Ogden and Syracuse Railway: chartered 1887 by UP interests, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
 * Salt Lake and Western Railway: chartered 1881 by UP interests, opened 1882-1883, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
 * Utah Central Railway: chartered 1869 by Mormons as Utah Central Rail Road, opened 1870, UP gained control 1878, consolidated into Utah Central Railway 1881, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
 * Utah Southern Railroad: chartered 1871 by Mormons, opened 1871-1875, UP gained control 1875, consolidated into Utah Central Railway 1881
 * Utah Southern Railroad Extension: chartered 1879 by UP interests, opened 1879-1880, consolidated into Utah Central Railway 1881
 * Utah and Nevada Railway: chartered 1872 as Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad, reorganized 1874 as Utah Western Railway, opened 1875-1877, reorganized 1881 as Utah and Nevada Railway, UP gained control 1881, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
 * Utah and Northern Railway: chartered 1872 by Mormons as Utah Northern Railroad, opened 1872-1874, reorganized 1878 by UP interests as Utah and Northern Railway, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
 * Malad Valley Railroad: chartered 1902 by UP interests, opened 1903-1905, sold to OSL 1910
 * New East Tintic Railway: chartered 1896 by non-UP interests, opened 1897, sold to OSL 1900
 * Utah and Pacific Railroad: chartered 1898 by non-UP interests, sold to OSL 1901


 * Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad: chartered 1901 as San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, OSL gained half control in 1903, bought OSL lines south/west of SLC in 1903, renamed 1916 as Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, UP gained control of other half in 1921, leased 1936 by UP, consolidated into UP 1987


 * Western Pacific Railway: chartered 1903 by Gould interests, opened 1907-1910, reorganized 1916 as Western Pacific Railroad, UP gained control in 1980-1983, consolidated into UP 1987
 * Deep Creek Railroad: chartered 1916 by Western Utah Copper Company interests, opened 1917, WP gained control 1918, operations ended 1939


 * Southern Pacific Company: incorporated 1884, began operating 1885, reorganized 1969 as Southern Pacific Transportation Company with new SPC as parent, SPC consolidated into Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation 1983, SPTC sold 1988 to Rio Grande Industries, RGI renamed Southern Pacific Rail Corporation 1993, UP gained control in 1996, SPTC renamed Union Pacific Railroad 1998
 * Southern Pacific Railroad: chartered 1865, consolidated many times to 1902, leased 1885 by SPC, consolidated into SPC 1955
 * Central Pacific Railway: chartered 1861 as Central Pacific Rail Road, renamed 1864 to Central Pacific Railroad, opened 1869, consolidated twice in 1870, leased 1885 by SPC, UP (Harriman) gained control 1901, UP lost control 1913, reorganized 1899 by SP interests as Central Pacific Railway, consolidated into SPC 1959


 * Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: chartered 1881 by D&RG interests as Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway, opened 1882-1883, leased to D&RG 1882, Palmer lost control of D&RG 1883, D&RGW and D&RG split 1884-1886 (Palmer still in control of D&RGW), consolidated into Palmer-controlled Rio Grande Western Railway 1889, D&RG gained control in 1900-1901, consolidated into Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 1908, reorganized by WP interests as Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 1920-1921, became joint MP-WP ownership 1924, reorganized as independent 1947, Anschutz Corporation gained control in 1984, UP gained control in 1996, merged into UP 1997 ( has some nice history)
 * Sevier Valley Railway: chartered 1880 by D&RG interests, consolidated into D&RGW 1881
 * Salt Lake and Park City Railway: chartered 1881 by D&RG interests, consolidated into D&RGW 1881
 * Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad: chartered 1872, Scofield gained control 1875, opened 1873-1875, possibly consolidated in 1879, sold to D&RGW 1881
 * Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd Rail Road: chartered 1872, Scofield gained control 1873, opened 1873, possibly consolidated into Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad in 1879, sold to D&RGW 1881
 * Utah and Pleasant Valley Railway: chartered 1875 by Pleasant Valley Coal Company interests, Scofield gained control 1878, opened 1878-1880, sold to D&RGW 1882
 * Carbon County Railway: chartered 1899 by RGW interests, sold to RGW 1900
 * Utah Eastern Railway: chartered 1897 by RGW interests, including some Utah Central Railway grade, opened 1899, sold to RGW 1900
 * San Pete Valley Railway: chartered 1874 by San Pete Coal and Coke Company interests, opened 1881-1894, RGW gained control 1907, sold to D&RG 1908
 * California Short Line Railway: chartered 1882, opened 1884, operated by San Pete Valley Railway from 1884, sold to San Pete Valley Railway 1889
 * Sevier Railway: chartered 1891 by RGW interests, opened 1891-1896, sold to D&RG 1908
 * Tintic Range Railway: chartered 1891 by RGW interests, opened 1891-1893, sold to D&RG 1908
 * Utah Central Railroad: chartered 1890 by Young as Utah Central Railway, reorganized 1897-1898 by RGW interests as Utah Central Railroad, leased 1898 by RGW, sold to D&RG 1908
 * Salt Lake and Eastern Railway: chartered 1888 by Young, opened 1890, property sold to Utah Central Railway 1890, company sold to Utah Central Railroad 1897-1898
 * Utah Western Railway: chartered 1889 by Young, never opened, sold to Utah Central Railway 1890
 * Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway: chartered 1883 by UP interests, reorganized 1884 by Young, opened 1886-1889, sold to Utah Central Railroad 1897-1898
 * Castle Valley Railway: chartered 1901 by RGW interests, opened 1903, sold to D&RG 1908
 * Copper Belt Railroad: chartered 1901 by Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company interests, leased RGW branch in 1901, D&RG gained control in 1905, sold to D&RG 1908
 * Goshen Valley Railroad: chartered 1918 by Tintic Standard Mine, Iron King Mine, and South Standard Mine interests, opened 1919, D&RG began operations 1919, portions sold to D&RGW 1927, merged into D&RGW 1947
 * Ballard and Thompson Railroad: chartered 1911, opened 1912, D&RG began operation 1913, abandoned 1950, corporation suspended 1974
 * Kenilworth and Helper Railroad: chartered 1911 by Independent Coal and Coke Company interests, D&RG began operation 1915, abandoned 1926


 * Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad: chartered 1907 by D&RG and WP, opened 1910, D&RGW bought WP's half in 1978, dissolved 1978
 * Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company: chartered 1888 by SP and UP, operations ended with 1996 merger


 * Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway: chartered 1891 as Saltair Railway, renamed Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway in 1892, opened 1893, renamed Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway in 1916
 * Inland Railway: chartered 1916 by Inland Crystal Salt Company, sold to SLG&W 1924


 * Utah Railway: chartered 1912 by United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company as Utah Coal Railway, renamed Utah Railway in 1912, opened 1913-1914, operated by D&RG 1914-1917
 * Southern Utah Railroad: chartered 1907 by Consolidated Fuel Company, opened 1910, operated by D&RG 1910-1917, closed 1917, locomotives sold to Utah Railway 1918
 * Castle Valley Railroad: chartered 1909 by Castle Valley Coal Company, opened 1910, operated by D&RG 1910-1914, assets sold to Southern Utah Railroad 1914, dissolved 1920
 * National Coal Railway: chartered 1909 as Helper Western Railway, renamed National Coal Railway in 1920, opened 1925, sold to Utah Railway 1926, abandoned 1954, dissolved 1954
 * Utah Terminal Railway: chartered 1920 by Standard Coal Company, Peerless Coal Company, and Spring Canyon Coal Company, opened 1921, sold to Utah Railway 1921, dissolved 1974


 * Alta Scenic Railway: chartered 1925
 * American Fork Railroad: chartered 1872, opened 1872, closed 1878
 * Bingham Central Railway: chartered 1907 by Utah Copper to own the existing Mascotte Tunnel, leased 1915 by General Exploration Company
 * Bingham and Garfield Railway: chartered 1908 by Utah Copper, opened 1911, closed 1948
 * Carbon County Railway: chartered 1922 by Utah Coal and Coke Company, opened 1923, operated by D&RGW until 1943, closed 1982
 * Emigration Canyon Railroad: chartered 1907 by Mormons, opened 1908, closed 1916-1917
 * Eureka Hill Railway: chartered 1907, closed 1928, dissolved 1937
 * Little Cottonwood Transportation Company: chartered 1916, opened 1917, closed 1925
 * Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad: chartered 1904 by Newhouse Mines and Smelters, closed 1927
 * St. John and Ophir Railroad: chartered 1912 by Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining Company, opened 1912, closed 1928, dissolved 1938
 * Salt Lake and Alta Railroad: chartered 1913, leased D&RG branch from 1913 to 1917
 * Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad: chartered 1894, opened 1895, closed 1913
 * Tooele Valley Railway: chartered 1908, opened 1909, closed 1980-1982
 * Uintah Railway: chartered 1903, opened 1904, closed 1938-1939


 * Bamberger Railroad: chartered 1890 as Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway, reorganized 1896 as Salt Lake and Ogden Railway, changed name to Bamberger Electric Railroad 1917, reorganized 1939 as Bamberger Railroad, closed 1958
 * Salt Lake Terminal Company: chartered 1913 by SL&O and SL&U, Bamberger bought SL&U's half in 1946


 * Salt Lake and Utah Railroad: chartered 1912, opened 1913-1917, reorganized 1936-1938, closed 1946


 * Utah Idaho Central Railroad: chartered 1914 by Eccles as Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway (consolidation of others), renamed Utah Idaho Central Railroad in 1918, reorganized 1926 and 1939-1940, closed 1947
 * Logan Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1910 by Eccles, consolidated into OL&I 1914
 * Ogden Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1883 as Ogden City Railway, reorganized 1890-1891 as Ogden Electric Railway, reorganized 1900 by Eccles as Ogden Rapid Transit Company, consolidated into OL&I 1914
 * Ogden and Northwestern Railroad: chartered 1889 as Ogden and Hot Springs Railway, Eccles gained control in 1901, reorganized 1903 as Ogden and Northwestern Railroad, sold to ORT 1911
 * Cache Valley Railroad: chartered 1918 by Eccles, consolidated into UIC 1919


 * Utah Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1920 by Eccles as split from UIC, closed 1935, reorganized 1936 as Utah Transit Company


 * Utah Light and Traction Company: chartered 1901 as Consolidated Railway and Power Company (consolidation of others), consolidated 1904 into Utah Light and Railway Company, split from power company in 1914 as Utah Light and Traction Company, merged with newly-chartered Salt Lake Light and Traction Company in 1914, closed and reorganized 1944 as Salt Lake City Lines
 * East Bench Street Railway: chartered 1890, consolidated into CRy in 1901
 * Salt Lake City Railroad: chartered 1872, consolidated into CRy in 1901
 * Salt Lake Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1890, consolidated into CRy in 1901
 * Popperton Place and Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1890, operated by SLRT?, consolidated into CRy in 1901


 * Salt Lake and Utah Valley Railroad: chartered 1890 as West Side Rapid Transit Company, reorganized 1902 as Salt Lake and Utah Valley Railroad, closed 1909