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
<!--Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska? Did the Idaho Central Railway actually plan to enter Wyoming or was it just incorporated there?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|Bad Water Line
|BDW
|
|1988
|2000
|Bad Water Railway
|
|-
|Bad Water Railway
|BDW
|
|2000
|2002
|Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
|
|-
|Big Horn Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1905
|1916
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
|-
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|BN
|
|1970
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
|
|1981
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
|-
|Carbon Cut-Off Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1899
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Cheyenne and Burlington Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
|-
|Cheyenne and Northern Railway
|
|UP
|1886
|1890
|Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
|
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|CB&Q, CBQ
|CB&Q
|1889<!--leased the Grand Island and Northern Wyoming Railroad-->
|1970
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1901
|1907
|N/A
|Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|CNW
|CNW
|1903
|1972
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|
|-
|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|CNW
|CNW
|1972
|1995
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Colorado Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1909<!--articles filed in Wyoming-->
|1930
|Colorado and Southern Railway
|
|-
|Colorado Central Railroad
|
|UP
|1877
|1890
|Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
|
|-
|Colorado and Southern Railway
|C&S, CS
|CB&Q
|1898
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|
|-
|Colorado and Wyoming Railway
|CW
|
|1899<!--or later in Wyoming?-->
|1980
|N/A
|
|-
|Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway
|
|UP
|1914
|1924
|Northern Colorado and Eastern Railroad
|
|-
|Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company
|
|UP
|1867<!--or later in Wyoming?-->
|1880
|Union Pacific Railway
|
|-
|Eastern Wyoming Railway
|
|CNW
|1890
|1891
|Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
|
|-
|Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
|
|CNW
|1891
|1903
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|
|-
|Grand Island and Northern Wyoming Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1889
|1897
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
|-
|Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway
|
|
|1901
|1914
|Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway
|
|-
|Laramie, North Park and Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company
|
|UP
|1880
|1900
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad
|
|UP
|1924
|1951
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1899<!--or later in Wyoming?-->
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
|-
|North and South Railway
|
|
|1923
|1935<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Northern Colorado and Eastern Railroad
|
|UP
|1924
|1924
|Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad
|
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|
|UP
|1897
|1987
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Oregon Short Line Railway
|
|UP
|1881
|1889
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|
|-
|Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1897
|Oregon Short Line Railroad
|
|-
|Saratoga and Encampment Railway
|
|UP
|1905
|1928<!--??-->
|Saratoga and Encampment Valley Railroad
|
|-
|Saratoga and Encampment Valley Railroad
|
|UP
|1928
|1951
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|UP
|1862
|1880
|Union Pacific Railway
|
|-
|Union Pacific Railway
|
|UP
|1880
|1898<!--?-->
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
|
|UP
|1890
|1898
|Colorado and Southern Railway
|
|-
|Wyoming Railway
|WYO
|
|1909
|1953
|N/A
|
|-
|Wyoming Central Railway
|
|CNW
|1885
|1891
|Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
|
|-
|Wyoming Colorado Railroad
|WYCO
|
|1987
|2007
|none
|Line scrapped in 2007, the division in the state of Oregon is still in operation, however.
|-
|Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad
|
|
|1895
|1924<!--??-->
|Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
|
|-
|Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
|
|
|1924<!--??-->
|1927<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Wyoming North and South Railroad
|
|
|1923
|1924
|North and South Railway
|
|-
|Wyoming and Northwestern Railway
|
|CNW
|1904
|1920
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|
|-
|Wyoming State Railway
|
|CNW
|1904
|1904<!--??-->
|Wyoming and Northwestern Railway
|
|-
|Wyoming Western Railroad
|
|UP
|1900
|1910
|Oregon 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.