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
NameMarkSystemFromToSuccessorNotesAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayATSF19061923N/ABarnwell and Searchlight RailwayATSF19061923California, Arizona and Santa Fe RailwayBattle Mountain and Lewis Railway18811885N/ABHP Nevada RailroadBHP19961999N/ABullfrog Goldfield Railroad19051928N/ACaliente and Pioche RailroadUP19061909San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadCalifornia, Arizona and Santa Fe RailwayATSF19111923N/ACarson and Colorado RailroadSP18801892Carson and Colorado RailwayCarson and Colorado RailwaySP18921905Nevada and California RailwayCentral Pacific RailroadSP18621899Central Pacific RailwayCentral Pacific RailwaySP18991959Southern Pacific CompanyDeep Creek RailroadWP19161939N/AEagle Salt Works RailroadSP19031910Southern Pacific CompanyEureka Nevada Railway19121938N/AEureka and Palisade Railroad18731902Eureka and Palisade RailwayEureka and Palisade Railway19021910Eureka Nevada RailwayFernley and Lassen RailwaySP19091912Central Pacific RailwayGoldfield Railroad19041905Tonopah and Goldfield RailroadLas Vegas and Tonopah RailroadUP19051918N/ALos Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadSLRUP19161987Union Pacific RailroadNevada Railroad19061907Nevada Railway18781879Nevada Central RailwayNevada and California RailroadSP18841893Nevada–California–Oregon RailwayNevada and California RailwaySP19051912Central Pacific RailwayNevada–California–Oregon RailwaySP18981917Western Pacific RailroadNevada Central Railroad18881938N/ANevada Central Railway18791888Nevada Central RailroadNevada Copper Belt RailroadNCB19091947N/ANevada Northern RailwayNN19051983Northern Nevada RailroadNevada and Oregon RailroadSP18801884Nevada and California RailroadNevada Pacific RailwayUP18891889Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayNevada Short Line Railway19131918N/ANevada Transportation Company19121938N/ANorthern Nevada RailroadNN19911996BHP Nevada RailroadOregon Short Line RailroadUP19241973N/AOregon Short Line RailroadUP18971903San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadOregon Short Line and Utah Northern RailwayUP18891897Oregon Short Line RailroadPioche and Bullionville Railroad18721881N/APioche Pacific Railroad19131947N/APioche Pacific Transportation Company18911913Pioche Pacific RailroadRuby Hill Railroad1893N/ASan Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadUP19031916Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadSilver Peak Railroad19061918N/ASouthern Pacific CompanySPSP18851969Southern Pacific Transportation CompanySouthern Pacific Transportation CompanySPSP19691998Union Pacific RailroadTonopah Railroad19031905Tonopah and Goldfield RailroadTonopah and Goldfield Railroad19051946N/ATonopah and Tidewater Railroad19041940N/AUtah, Nevada and California RailroadUP18991903San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake RailroadVirginia and Truckee Railroad18681905Virginia and Truckee RailwayVirginia and Truckee RailwayV&T19051950N/AWestern Nevada RailroadSP18791880Nevada and Oregon RailroadWestern Pacific RailroadWPWP19161987Union Pacific RailroadWestern Pacific RailwayWP19031916Western 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.