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The following are the Railroads
that run or have run in Utah
If anyone out there has any additions, deletions, corrections
or information please drop me an e-mail. Anything will be appreciated.
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3' gauge |
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AF |
3' gauge |
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AMTK |
Amtrak |
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B&G |
Utah Copper subsidiary |
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DRGW sudsidiary |
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BAM |
Electric, later UP |
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BNSF |
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CCR |
To DRGW |
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CBC |
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CPRR |
Later SP |
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3' gauge |
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CT |
2' 6" gauge |
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Later RGW |
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CV |
Later RGW |
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D-W |
Electric |
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DCRR |
WP Subsidiary |
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DRG |
To DRGW |
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DRGW |
Later SP |
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RGW |
To RGW |
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ECXX |
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ECR |
Electric |
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UP Subsidiary |
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EH |
3' gauge |
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GWI |
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Later DRGW |
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GSLS |
Under consideration. |
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HVR |
Tourist |
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IPPX |
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KCCX |
Formerly Utah Copper |
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KH |
To DRGW |
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LASL |
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LASL |
Later UP |
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LCT |
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NCGSL |
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NCR |
Operated by Utah RY |
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NET |
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OSL |
UP Subsidiary |
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To UPV |
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RGW |
3' and Std. To DRG |
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SJO |
Later UP |
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To SLLA |
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SLCS |
Later UTAH |
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To Utah Central |
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SLFD |
Later RGW |
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SLGW |
Electric |
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SLLA |
To SLGW |
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SLM |
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To BAM |
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SLU |
Electric |
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SLW |
LASL Subsidiary |
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DRGW |
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Later DRGW-Utah |
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SP |
Later UP |
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Later LASL |
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SPV |
3' Later DRG |
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SU |
Later DRGW |
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To RGW |
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3' to UP |
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To DRGW |
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TV |
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UCR |
Later UTAH |
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UCRY |
3' To DRGW |
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UCRY |
New |
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To KCCX |
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3' To UP |
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To RGW |
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UI |
Electric Later BAM |
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UN |
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To OSL |
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UP |
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UPLX |
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UPV |
3' Later RGW |
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URY |
3' |
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USA |
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USAF |
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USSX |
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UTA |
Electric |
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UTAH |
To GWI |
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Later UTAH |
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To DRG |
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WP |
Later UP |
Notes:
Summary:
229 companies, some not incorporated in Utah.
116 companies that actually built, owned, operated or leased railroad trackage and/or railroad equipment.
76 actual railroad routes built on.
Source: Don StrackSee:
O. Meredith Wilson, The Denver and Rio Grande Project, 1870-1901, A History of the First Thirty Years of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (1981); Robert G. Athearn, The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Rebel of the Rockies (1977); Leonard J. Arrington, Great Basin Kingdom (1958); Robert A. LeMassena, Rio Grand . . . to the Pacific (1974); and Stephen L. Carr and Robert W. Edwards, Utah Ghost Rails (1989).And a special thanks to Don Strack and Jim Eager.
For another list of Utah's Railroads, please go to Don Strack's UtahRails page.
Last Update 12/11/02
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