The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Utah.
Common freight carriers
- BNSF Railway (BNSF): <small>trackage rights over the UP</small>
- 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): <small>Cache Valley, Cane Creek, Cedar City, Comstock, Evanston, Green River, Lakeside, Lynndyl, Malad, Ogden, Pleasant Valley, Provo, Salt Lake, Shafter, Sharp, and Sunnyside Subdivisions</small>
- Utah Railway (UTAH)
- Utah Central Railway (UCRY)
Private freight carriers
- Deseret Power Railway
- Kennecott Utah Copper<!--supposedly this has reporting marks KENN?-->
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK): <small>California Zephyr</small>
- Heber Valley Railroad
- Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner & TRAX
- Wild Kingdom Train
Defunct railroads
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|American Fork Railroad
|
|
|1872
|1878
|N/A
|-
|Ballard and Thompson Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1911
|1949<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1872
|1881
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Bingham Central Railway
|
|Ohio Copper Company
|1907
|1924
|Lost common carrier railroad status after 1924, continued as private mining railroad until Mascotte Tunnel closure.
| Two foot gauge
|-
|Bingham and Garfield Railway
|B&G, BG
|
|1908
|1948
|Kennecott Utah Copper
|-
|Cache Valley Railroad
|
|
|1918
|1927
|N/A
|-
|California Short Line Railway
|
|DRGW
|1882
|1889
|San Pete Valley Railway
|-
|Carbon County Railway
|
|DRGW
|1899
|1900
|Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Carbon County Railway
|CBC
|
|1922
|1982<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Castle Valley Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1909
|1914
|Southern Utah Railroad
|-
|Castle Valley Railway
|
|DRGW
|1901
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Central Pacific Railroad
|
|SP
|1862<!--authorized to build in Utah-->
|1899
|Central Pacific Railway
|-
|Central Pacific Railway
|
|SP
|1899
|1959
|Southern Pacific Company
|-
|Coalville and Echo Railroad
|
|UP
|1869
|1874
|Summit County Railroad
|-
|Copper Belt Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1901
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Deep Creek Railroad
|
|WP
|1916
|1939
|N/A
|-
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|D&RG
|DRGW
|1908
|1921
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|-
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|D&RGW, DRGW
|DRGW
|1920
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
|
|DRGW
|1881
|1889
|Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Echo and Park City Railway
|
|UP
|1881
|1899
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Eureka Hill Railway
|
|
|1907
|1928<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Goshen Valley Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1918
|1947
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
|-
|Grass Creek Terminal Railway
|
|UP
|1894
|1910<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Helper Western Railway
|
|
|1909
|1920
|National Coal Railway
|-
|Inland Railway
|
|
|1916
|1924<!--dissolved December 4-->
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Kenilworth and Helper Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1911
|1926
|N/A
|-
|Little Cottonwood Transportation Company
|
|
|1916
|1925
|N/A
|-
|Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|SLR
|UP
|1916
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Malad Valley Railroad
|
|UP
|1902
|1910
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|-
|National Coal Railway
|
|
|1920
|1954<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|New East Tintic Railway
|
|UP
|1896
|1903
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-
|Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1927<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Ogden and Syracuse Railway
|
|UP
|1887
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
|OURD
|DRGW/ SP/ UP
|1888
|
|
|Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|
|UP
|1897
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railway
|
|UP
|1882
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1897
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|-
|Rio Grande Western Railway
|
|DRGW
|1889
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|St. John and Ophir Railroad
|
|
|1912
|1928
|N/A
|-
|Salt Lake and Alta Railroad
|
|
|1913
|1917
|N/A
|-
|Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad Company
|
|DRGW/ WP
|1907
|1978
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Salt Lake and Eastern Railway
|
|DRGW
|1888
|1897
|Utah Central Railroad
|-
|Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway
|
|DRGW
|1883
|1897
|Utah Central Railroad
|-
|Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway
|SL&L
|
|1892
|1916
|Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway
|-
|Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad
|
|
|1894
|1913
|N/A
|-
|Salt Lake and Park City Railway
|
|DRGW
|1881
|1881
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Salt Lake, Sevier Valley and Pioche Railroad
|
|UP
|1872
|1874
|Utah Western Railway
|-
|Salt Lake and Western Railway
|
|UP
|1881
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Saltair Railway
|
|
|1891
|1892
|Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway
|-
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|
|UP
|1901
|1916
|Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-
|San Pete Valley Railway
|
|DRGW
|1874
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Sevier Railway
|
|DRGW
|1891
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Sevier Valley Railway
|
|DRGW
|1880
|1881
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Southern Pacific Company
|SP
|SP
|1885
|1969
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|-
|Southern Pacific Transportation Company
|SP
|SP
|1969
|1998
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Southern Utah Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1907
|1917<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Summit County Railroad
|
|UP
|1871
|1880
|Echo and Park City Railway
|-
|Tintic Range Railway
|
|DRGW
|1891
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Tooele Valley Railway
|TOV
|
|1908
|1981<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Uintah Railway
|
|
|1903<!--or later in Utah?-->
|1939
|N/A
|-
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|UP
|1862
|1880
|Union Pacific Railway
|-
|Union Pacific Railway
|
|UP
|1880
|1898<!--??-->
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Utah Central Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1897
|1908
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
|-
|Utah Central Railroad
|
|UP
|1869
|1881
|Utah Central Railway
|-
|Utah Central Railway
|
|DRGW
|1890
|1897
|Utah Central Railroad
|-
|Utah Central Railway
|
|UP
|1881
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Utah Coal Railway
|
|
|1912
|1912
|Utah Railway
|-
|Utah Eastern Railroad
|
|UP
|1879
|1887
|Echo and Park City Railway
|-
|Utah Eastern Railway
|
|DRGW
|1897
|1900
|Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Utah and Nevada Railway
|
|UP
|1881
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Utah Northern Railroad
|
|UP
|1872
|1878
|Utah and Northern Railway
|-
|Utah and Northern Railway
|
|UP
|1878
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|-
|Utah and Pacific Railroad
|
|UP
|1898
|1903
|San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
|-
|Utah and Pleasant Valley Railway
|
|DRGW
|1875
|1882
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Utah Southern Railroad
|
|UP
|1871
|1881
|Utah Central Railway
|-
|Utah Southern Railroad Extension Company
|
|UP
|1874
|1881
|Utah Central Railway
|-
|Utah Terminal Railway
|
|
|1920
|1921<!--?-->
|Utah Railway
|-
|Utah Western Railway
|
|DRGW
|1889
|1890
|Utah Central Railway
|-
|Utah Western Railway
|
|UP
|1874
|1880
|Utah and Nevada Railway
|-
|Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad
|
|DRGW
|1872
|1881
|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
|-
|Western Pacific Railroad
|WP
|WP
|1916
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Western Pacific Railway
|
|WP
|1903<!--or later in Utah?-->
|1916
|Western Pacific Railroad
|}
;Private freight carriers
- Boston Consolidated Mining Company
- Crescent Mining Company
- Independent Coal and Coke Company
;Passenger carriers
- Alta Scenic Railway<!--did this actually exist?-->
thumb|Electric trains of the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway, ca. 1910
;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<!--or Railroad?-->
- 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<!--successor to the West Side Rapid Transit Company?-->
- 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.