User:NE2/UT railroads

Utahrails.net is of course one of the main sources for now.


 * Big systems
 * Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad: 1921-1996 (to UP)


 * Rio Grande Western Railway: 1889-1908
 * Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway: 1881-1889
 * Price River Railway: 1881 not in the valuation since it was never used
 * Salt Lake and Park City Railway: 1881
 * Sevier Valley Railway: 1880-1881
 * Utah and Pleasant Valley Railway: 1875-1882
 * Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad: 1872-1881, Brigham City to Alta
 * Bingham Canyon and Camp Floyd Railroad: 1872-1879
 * Carbon County Railway (first): 1899-1908
 * Castle Valley Railway (second): 1901-1908
 * Copper Belt Railroad: 1901-1908
 * San Pete Valley Railway: 1874-1908
 * California Short Line Railway: 1882-1889 (sold)
 * Sevier Railway: 1891-1908
 * Tintic Range Railway: 1891-1908
 * Utah Central Railroad (second): 1897-1908
 * Utah Central Railway (second): 1890-1897
 * Salt Lake and Eastern Railway: 1888-1890
 * Utah Western Railway (second): 1889-1890
 * Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway (second): 1884-1898
 * Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway (first): 1883-1884 (reorganized)
 * Utah Eastern Railway (second): 1897-1908


 * Goshen Valley Railroad: 1918-1947


 * Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad Company: 1907-1978 (joint D&RGW-WP until 1978)


 * Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad: 1916-1987 (to UP)
 * San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad: 1901-1916 (name change)


 * Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company: 1888-1996 (to UP)


 * Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway: 1889-08-01-1897-03-16 (UP-controlled in 1889; reorganized in 1897)
 * Ogden and Syracuse Railway: 1887-1889-08-01 (consolidated), Ogden to Syracuse
 * Salt Lake and Western Railway (second): 1881-05-30-1889-08-01 (consolidated), Lehi Junction to Tintic, Ironton to Silver City, opened 1882-06-10
 * Utah Central Railway (first): 1881-07-01-1889-08-01 (consolidated), Ogden to Frisco
 * Utah Central Railroad (first): 1869-12-15-1881-07-01 (consolidated), opened 1870-01-09 Ogden to Salt Lake
 * Utah Southern Railroad: 1871-02-05-1881-07-01 (consolidated)
 * Utah Southern Railroad Extension (second): 1879-02-24-1881-07-01 (consolidated)
 * Utah and Nevada Railway: 1881-02-16-1889-08-01 (consolidated)
 * Utah Western Railway (first): 1874-06-18-1881-02-16 (bankrupt 1878-01-01, sold 1881-02-16, new operations began 1881-07-01), Salt Lake west 37 mi, opened 1875-02-10
 * Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad: 1872-1874 (sold) not in the valuation since it was never completed
 * Utah and Northern Railway: 1878-04-30-1889-08-01 (consolidated), Ogden to Idaho, opened 1878-05-01
 * Utah Northern Railroad: 1871-1878-04-30 (reorganized)
 * Malad Valley Railroad: 1902-1910
 * New East Tintic Railway: 1896-1900 not in the valuation - why?
 * Utah and Pacific Railroad: 1898-1901 not in the valuation - why?


 * Southern Pacific Railroad: 1885-1996 (to UP)
 * Central Pacific Railway: 1880-1959 (leased to SP 1885)
 * Ogden and Lucin Railroad: 1900-?

1886 UP history, 1898 UP history


 * Union Pacific Railway: 1880-01-26-1897 (receivership 1893-10, sold 1897-11, 1897-12, took possession 1898-02-01), Wyoming to Ogden
 * Union Pacific Rail Road: 1862-1880-01-26 (consolidated), entered Utah 1868
 * Echo and Park City Railway: 1881-01-17-1898, Echo to Park City "and extension", Coalville to Grass Creek
 * Summit County Railroad: 1871-11-23-1881-01-17 (reorganized), opened 1872-04, 1873-07-01
 * Coalville and Echo Railroad: 1869 (graded only; sold)
 * Grass Creek Terminal Railway: 1894-1923 not in the valuation - why?
 * Utah Eastern Railroad (second): 1879-1887


 * Western Pacific Railroad: 1916-1982 (to UP)
 * Western Pacific Railway: 1903-1916
 * Deep Creek Railroad: 1916-1939


 * Independent
 * Alta Scenic Railway: 1925
 * Little Cottonwood Transportation Company: 1916-1925?
 * American Fork Railroad: 1872-1878
 * Ballard and Thompson Railroad: 1911-1951
 * Bingham Central Railway: 1907
 * Bingham and Garfield Railway: 1908-1951
 * Carbon County Railway (second): 1922-1984?


 * Emigration Canyon Railroad: 1907-1917
 * Eureka Hill Railway: 1907-1937
 * Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad: 1904-1925?
 * St. John and Ophir Railroad: 1912-1928
 * Salt Lake and Alta Railroad: 1913-1919?
 * Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway: 1916-present
 * Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway (second): 1892-1916 (name change)
 * Saltair Railway: 1891-1892 (name change)
 * Inland Railway: 1916-1924
 * Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad: 1894-1913
 * Southern Utah Railroad: 1907-1921
 * Castle Valley Railroad: 1909-1919 (sold 1914)
 * Tooele Valley Railway: 1908-1983
 * Uintah Railway: 1904-1939 (also in Colorado)
 * Utah Railway (second): 1912-present
 * Utah Coal Railway: 1912 (name change)
 * National Coal Railway: 1920-1954
 * Helper Western Railway: 1909-1920 (name change)
 * Utah Terminal Railway: 1920-1921
 * Utah Eastern Railway (first): 1881


 * Mining companies
 * Boston Consolidated Mining Company: 1898-1910
 * Crescent Mining Company: 1882-?
 * Crescent Mining and Milling Company: 1910-?
 * Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters: 1905-?
 * Union Iron Company: 1881
 * Utah Copper Company: 1904-1943 (to Kennecott Copper Utah Copper Division)
 * Utah Iron Ore Corporation: 1923-1950


 * Street railways
 * Bamberger Railroad: 1939-1959
 * Bamberger Electric Railroad: 1917-1939
 * Salt Lake and Ogden Railway (second): 1896-1917 (name change)
 * Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway: 1890-1896
 * Salt Lake Terminal Company: 1913-1949 (joint Bamberger-SL&U until 1949)


 * Ogden and Northwestern Railroad: 1903-1911
 * Ogden and Hot Springs Railway: 1889-1903


 * Salt Lake and Utah Railroad: 1912-1949 (reorganized 1936)
 * Interurban Construction Company: 1911-1912


 * Utah Idaho Central Railroad: 1918-1949 (reorganized 1919, 1926, 1940)
 * Cache Valley Railroad: 1918-1919
 * Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway: 1914-1918 (name change)
 * Logan Rapid Transit Company: 1910-1914
 * Ogden Rapid Transit Company: 1900-1914
 * Ogden Electric Railway: 1891-1900
 * Ogden City Railway: 1883-1891


 * Utah Light and Traction Company: 1914-1944 (to Salt Lake City Lines)
 * Utah Light and Railway Company: 1904-1914
 * Consolidated Railway and Power Company: 1901-1904
 * East Bench Street Railway: 1890-1901
 * Popperton Place and Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Company: 1890-1901
 * Salt Lake City Railroad: 1872-1901
 * Salt Lake Rapid Transit Company: 1890-1901
 * Salt Lake Light and Traction Company: 1914


 * Utah Rapid Transit Company: 1919-1936 (bustituted 1935; to Utah Transit Company)


 * West Side Rapid Transit Company: 1890-1902 (to Salt Lake and Jordan Railroad??)


 * Not built
 * Alta and Jordan Valley Railroad: 1910
 * Alta-Cottonwood Transportation Company: 1915
 * Big Cottonwood Railroad: 1874
 * Bingham Canyon Railroad: 1872
 * California Central Railway - Utah Division: 1881
 * Castle Valley Railway (first): 1891
 * Castle Valley Railway (third): 1976
 * Cedar City Terminal Railway: 1894
 * Central Pacific Railroad Company of Utah: 1881
 * Chicago and Pacific Railway: 1905
 * Coal Belt Railway: 1905
 * Corinne, Malad Valley and Northern Railroad: 1892
 * Denver Pacific Railroad: 1933
 * Denver and Pacific Railway: 1880
 * Deseret Railway: 1889
 * Duchesne Railway: 1899
 * East Tintic Railway: 1894
 * Eastern Utah Railroad?: 1911
 * Emery County Railway: 1888
 * Grand Valley, Colorado and South Pacific: 1904
 * Great Salt Lake and Colorado River Railway: 1872
 * Great Western Railway: 1891
 * Iron County Railway: 1922
 * Iron Mountain and Utah Valley Railroad: 1873
 * Juab, San Pete and Sevier Railroad: 1872
 * Lehi and Tintic Railroad: 1872
 * Little Cottonwood Railroad: 1872
 * Milford and Beaver Railroad: 1902
 * Ogden and Cache Valley Railroad: 1890
 * Ogden, Lewiston and Northern Railroad: 1913-?
 * Ogden and Wyoming Railway: 1882
 * Ogden City Street Railway: 1891
 * Oquirrh Railway: 1877
 * Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake: 1872
 * Price River and Pleasant Valley Railway: 1882
 * Promontory Development and Transportation Company: 1916
 * Provo City Railroad: 1890
 * Provo Street Railway: 1890
 * Rio Grande Pacific Railway: 1887
 * Salina Utah Railroad: 1920
 * Salt Lake and Brigham City Electric Railway: 1902
 * Salt Lake and Coalville Railroad: 1874
 * Salt Lake and Deep Creek Railway: 1892
 * Salt Lake and Denver Railroad: 1920
 * Salt Lake and Eastern Railroad: 1890
 * Salt Lake and Echo Railroad: 1873
 * Salt Lake and Idaho Railroad: 1909
 * Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway (first): 1887
 * Salt Lake and Ogden Railroad: 1892
 * Salt Lake and Ogden Railway (first): 1875
 * Salt Lake and Pacific Railway: 1896
 * Salt Lake and Payson Railway: 1912
 * Salt Lake and Sioux City: 1892
 * Salt Lake and Utah Valley Railroad: 1902
 * Salt Lake and Western Railway (first): 1874
 * Salt Lake and Wyoming Railroad: 1892
 * Salt Lake, Bingham and Tintic Railroad: 1873
 * Salt Lake City and Bingham Railroad: 1873
 * Salt Lake City and Manti Railroad: 1872
 * Salt Lake City and Salina Railroad: 1872
 * Salt Lake City and Salina Railroad, Branch: 1872
 * Salt Lake Eastern Railway: 1883
 * Salt Lake, Fillmore and Kanosh Railroad: 1918
 * Salt Lake, Hailey and Puget Sound Railroad: 1892
 * Salt Lake, Jordan and Bingham Railway: 1879
 * Salt Lake, Nevada and California Railway: 1889
 * Salt Lake Southern Railway: 1904
 * Salt Lake and Suburban Railway: 1902-1904 (name change)
 * Salt Lake Valley Railway: 1900
 * Salt Lake Valley and Eastern Railroad: 1890
 * Salt Lake Valley and Eastern Railway: 1887
 * San Juan Railroad: 1887
 * Southeastern Railroad Company of Utah: 1872
 * Tintic Railway: 1891
 * Utah Railway (first): 1881
 * Utah and Arizona Railway: 1889
 * Utah and California Railway: 1896
 * Utah and Colorado Railroad: 1872
 * Utah and Grand Canyon Railroad: 1910
 * Utah and Idaho Railroad: 1906
 * Utah and Northern Railway: 1877
 * Utah and Wyoming Railroad: 1891
 * Utah and Wyoming Railway (first): 1881
 * Utah and Wyoming Railway (second): 1883
 * Utah and Wyoming Central Railway: 1885
 * Utah Central Railroad (third): 1922
 * Pleasant Valley Branch of the Utah Central Railway: 1881-10-10, Spanish Fork into Pleasant Valley
 * Utah Coal, Coke and Railway Company: 1878
 * Utah Eastern Railroad (first): 1874
 * Utah, Idaho and Montana Railroad: 1872
 * Utah Interurban Railroad: 1905
 * Utah Interurban Electric Company: 1912
 * Utah Midland Railroad: 1896
 * Utah Midland Railway (first): 1873
 * Utah Midland Railway (second): 1886
 * Utah, Nevada and California Railroad: 1889 (reorganized 3 times in 1889)
 * Utah, Nevada and California Railway: 1891-1892 (merged with Nevada and California? 1892)
 * Utah Railroad and Mining Company: 1873
 * Utah Railroad, Mining and Land Company: 1872
 * Utah Southern Railroad Extension (first): 1874
 * Utah Southern? and Castle Valley Railway: 1880-12-18, Juab to Castle Valley, Salina to Marysvale
 * Valley Railway Company of Utah: 1899
 * Wyoming, Salt Lake and California Railway (second): 1889
 * Summit County Railway and Transportation Company: 1888 (name change)
 * Wyoming and Utah Railroad: 1893
 * Wyoming and Western Railway: 1890