Railroads in Nevada
Nevada is rich in history and part of the history came to life through the railroads that were in and ran through Nevada.
Below is a list of the defunct railroads that operated in Nevada.
Name | System | From | To | Successor |
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1906 | 1923 | N/A |
Barnwell and Searchlight Railway | ATSF | 1906 | 1911 | California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway |
Battle Mountain and Lewis Railway | 1881 | 1885 | N/A | |
BHP Nevada Railroad | 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 |
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 | 1899 | Central Pacific Railway |
Central Pacific Railway | SP | 1899 | 1959 | Southern Pacific Company |
Deep Creek Railroad | WP | 1916 | 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 | UP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad |
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 | Western Pacific Railroad |
Nevada Central Railroad | 1888 | 1938 | N/A | |
Nevada Central Railway | 1879 | 1888 | Nevada Central Railroad | |
Nevada Copper Belt Railroad | 1909 | 1947 | N/A | |
Nevada Northern Railway | 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 | 1918 | N/A | |
Nevada Transportation Company | 1912 | 1938 | N/A | |
Northern Nevada Railroad | 1991 | 1996 | BHP Nevada Railroad | |
Oregon Short Line Railroad | UP | 1924 | 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 | 1881 | N/A | |
Pioche Pacific Railroad | 1913 | 1947 | N/A | |
Pioche Pacific Transportation Company | 1891 | 1913 | Pioche Pacific Railroad | |
Ruby Hill Railroad | 1893 | N/A | ||
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad | UP | 1903 | 1916 | Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad |
Silver Peak Railroad | 1906 | 1918 | N/A | |
Southern Pacific Company | SP | 1885 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
Southern Pacific Transportation Company | 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 | 1905 | 1950 | N/A | |
Western Nevada Railroad | SP | 1879 | 1880 | Nevada and Oregon Railroad |
Western Pacific Railroad | WP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad |
Western Pacific Railway | WP | 1903 | 1916 | Western Pacific Railroad |