The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Private freight carriers
- Nevada Industrial Switch (PGFX)
- Savage Rail (SVGX)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr
- Carson & Mills Park Railroad
- Las Vegas Monorail
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum (NN)
- Nevada Southern Railway
- Nevada State Railroad Museum
- Virginia and Truckee Railroad
;People movers
- Mandalay Bay Tram
- Hard Rock-Treasure Island Tram
Railroad Contractors
- Gabriel Willaman Railroad Construction
Defunct railroads
<!--Utah and California Railroad? Idaho Central Railroad (1920)?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|<!--didn't have one yet in 1923-->
|ATSF
|1906<!--leased the Barnwell and Searchlight Railway then?-->
|1923<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Barnwell and Searchlight Railway
|
|ATSF
|1906<!--or later in Nevada?-->
|1923
|California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Battle Mountain and Lewis Railway
|
|
|1881
|1885
|N/A
|-
|BHP Nevada Railroad
|BHP
|
|1996
|1999
|N/A
|-
|Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1928
|N/A
|-
|Caliente and Pioche Railroad
|
|UP
|1906
|1909
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-<!-- mentioned in Myrick p.791, but not operating in Nevada
|California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1911
|1923
|N/A
|- -->
|Carson and Colorado Railroad
|
|SP
|1880
|1892
|Carson and Colorado Railway
|-
|Carson and Colorado Railway
|
|SP
|1892
|1905
|Nevada and California Railway
|-
|Central Pacific Railroad
|
|SP
|1862<!--authorized to build across Nevada-->
|1899
|Central Pacific Railway
|-
|Central Pacific Railway
|
|SP
|1899
|1959
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Deep Creek Railroad
|
|WP
|1916<!--or later in Nevada?-->
|1939
|N/A
|-
|Eagle Salt Works Railroad
|
|SP
|1903
|1910<!--?-->
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Eureka Nevada Railway
|
|
|1912
|1938
|N/A
|-
|Eureka and Palisade Railroad
|
|
|1873
|1902
|Eureka and Palisade Railway
|-
|Eureka and Palisade Railway
|
|
|1902
|1910
|Eureka Nevada Railway
|-
|Fernley and Lassen Railway
|
|SP
|1909
|1912
|Central Pacific Railway
|-
|Goldfield Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1905
|Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
|-
|Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad
|
|UP
|1905
|1918
|N/A
|-
|Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|SLR
|UP
|1916
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Nevada Railroad
|
|
|1906
|1907
|-
|Nevada Railway
|
|
|1878
|1879
|Nevada Central Railway
|-
|Nevada and California Railroad
|
|SP
|1884
|1893
|Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
|-
|Nevada and California Railway
|
|SP
|1905
|1912
|Central Pacific Railway
|-
|Nevada–California–Oregon Railway
|
|SP
|1898
|1917<!--but when did the lease to Reno end? ICC reports show it as operated in 1917 but not 1918-->
|Western Pacific Railroad
|-
|Nevada Central Railroad
|
|
|1888
|1938
|N/A
|-
|Nevada Central Railway
|
|
|1879
|1888
|Nevada Central Railroad
|-
|Nevada Copper Belt Railroad
|NCB
|
|1909
|1947
|N/A
|-
|Nevada Northern Railway
|NN
|
|1905
|1983
|Northern Nevada Railroad
|-
|Nevada and Oregon Railroad
|
|SP
|1880
|1884
|Nevada and California Railroad
|-
|Nevada Pacific Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Nevada Short Line Railway
|
|
|1913<!--incorporated 1914-->
|1918
|N/A
|-
|Nevada Transportation Company
|
|
|1912
|1938
|N/A
|-
|Northern Nevada Railroad
|NN
|
|1991
|1996
|BHP Nevada Railroad
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|
|UP
|1924<!--began work on extension to Wells-->
|1973<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|
|UP
|1897
|1903
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1897
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|-
|Pioche and Bullionville Railroad
|
|
|1872<!--or Central Nevada Railroad, incorporated 1872? or Nevada Central Railroad, incorporated 1871?-->
|1881
|N/A
|-
|Pioche Pacific Railroad
|
|
|1913
|1947<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Pioche Pacific Transportation Company
|
|
|1891
|1913<!--?-->
|Pioche Pacific Railroad
|-
|Ruby Hill Railroad
|
|
|<!--no idea - was it actually incorporated under this name?-->
|1893
|N/A
|-
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|
|UP
|1903<!--or earlier in Nevada?-->
|1916
|Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-
|Silver Peak Railroad
|
|
|1906
|1918
|N/A
|-
|Southern Pacific Company
|SP
|SP
|1885
|1969
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|-
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|SP
|SP
|1969
|1998
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Tonopah Railroad
|
|
|1903
|1905
|Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
|-
|Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad
|
|
|1905
|1946
|N/A
|-
|Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1940
|N/A
|-
|Utah, Nevada and California Railroad
|
|UP
|1899
|1903
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-
|Virginia and Truckee Railroad
|
|
|1868
|1905
|Virginia and Truckee Railway
|-
|Virginia and Truckee Railway
|V&T
|
|1905
|1950
|N/A
|-
|Western Nevada Railroad
|
|SP
|1879
|1880<!--?-->
|Nevada and Oregon Railroad
|-
|Western Pacific Railroad
|WP
|WP
|1916
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Western Pacific Railway
|
|WP
|1903<!--or later in Nevada?-->
|1916
|Western Pacific Railroad
|}
Private
- Austin City Railway
- Bluestone Mining and Smelting Company
- Bristol Silver Mines Company
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Cortez Mines
- Crystal Bay Railroad
- Dayton, Sutro and Carson Valley Railroad
- Eureka Mill Railroad
- Golconda and Adelaide Railroad
- Goldfield Consolidated Milling and Transportation Company
- Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company
- Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
- Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Nevada Massachusetts Company
- Pacific Portland Cement Company
- Prince Consolidated Mining Company
- Quartette Mining Company
- Salmon Creek Railroad
- Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
- Six Companies, Inc.
- Sutro Tunnel Railroad
- Verdi Lumber Company
- Yellow Pine Mining Company
See also
- Streetcars in Reno
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Nevada (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.