User:NE2/UT railroad list

Union Pacific Railway 1880, reorganized as Union Pacific Railroad
1897-1898, consolidated into SPTC 1998
- Grass Creek Terminal Railway: chartered 1894 by Mormons, opened 1896 by UP

Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway (consolidation of others), reorganized 1897 as Oregon Short Line Railroad
, UP gained control in 1899, leased 1936 by UP, consolidated into UP 1987
- Ogden and Syracuse Railway: chartered 1887 by UP interests, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
- Salt Lake and Western Railway: chartered 1881 by UP interests, opened 1882-1883, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
- Utah Central Railway: chartered 1869 by Mormons as Utah Central Rail Road, opened 1870, UP gained control 1878, consolidated into Utah Central Railway 1881, consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
  - Utah Southern Railroad: chartered 1871 by Mormons, opened 1871-1875, UP gained control 1875, consolidated into Utah Central Railway 1881
  - Utah Southern Railroad Extension: chartered 1879 by UP interests, opened 1879-1880, consolidated into Utah Central Railway
    1881
- Utah Northern Railroad, opened 1872-1874, reorganized 1878 by UP interests as Utah and Northern Railway
  , consolidated into OSL&UN 1889
- Malad Valley Railroad: chartered 1902 by UP interests, opened 1903-1905, sold to OSL 1910
- New East Tintic Railway: chartered 1896 by non-UP interests, opened 1897, sold to OSL 1900
- Utah and Pacific Railroad: chartered 1898 by non-UP interests, sold to OSL 1901

San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, OSL gained half control in 1903, bought OSL lines south/west of SLC in 1903, renamed 1916 as Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
, UP gained control of other half in 1921, leased 1936 by UP, consolidated into UP 1987

Western Pacific Railway: chartered 1903 by Gould interests, opened 1907-1910, reorganized 1916 as Western Pacific Railroad
, UP gained control in 1980-1983, consolidated into UP 1987
- Deep Creek Railroad: chartered 1916 by Western Utah Copper Company interests, opened 1917, WP gained control 1918, operations ended 1939

Southern Pacific Rail Corporation 1993, UP gained control in 1996, SPTC renamed Union Pacific Railroad
1998
- Southern Pacific Railroad
  : chartered 1865, consolidated many times to 1902, leased 1885 by SPC, consolidated into SPC 1955
- Central Pacific Railway
  , consolidated into SPC 1959

Anschutz Corporation gained control in 1984, UP gained control in 1996, merged into UP 1997 ([1]
has some nice history)
- Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad: chartered 1872, Scofield gained control 1875, opened 1873-1875, possibly consolidated in 1879, sold to D&RGW 1881
  - Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd Rail Road: chartered 1872, Scofield gained control 1873, opened 1873, possibly consolidated into Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railroad in 1879, sold to D&RGW 1881
- Utah and Pleasant Valley Railway: chartered 1875 by Pleasant Valley Coal Company
  interests, Scofield gained control 1878, opened 1878-1880, sold to D&RGW 1882
- Carbon County Railway: chartered 1899 by RGW interests, sold to RGW 1900
- Utah Eastern Railway: chartered 1897 by RGW interests, including some Utah Central Railway grade, opened 1899, sold to RGW 1900
- San Pete Valley Railway: chartered 1874 by San Pete Coal and Coke Company interests, opened 1881-1894, RGW gained control 1907, sold to D&RG 1908
  - California Short Line Railway: chartered 1882, opened 1884, operated by San Pete Valley Railway from 1884, sold to San Pete Valley Railway 1889
- Sevier Railway: chartered 1891 by RGW interests, opened 1891-1896, sold to D&RG 1908
- Tintic Range Railway: chartered 1891 by RGW interests, opened 1891-1893, sold to D&RG 1908
- Utah Central Railroad: chartered 1890 by Young as Utah Central Railway, reorganized 1897-1898 by RGW interests as Utah Central Railroad, leased 1898 by RGW, sold to D&RG 1908
  - Salt Lake and Eastern Railway: chartered 1888 by Young, opened 1890, property sold to Utah Central Railway 1890, company sold to Utah Central Railroad 1897-1898
  - Utah Western Railway: chartered 1889 by Young, never opened, sold to Utah Central Railway 1890
  - Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway: chartered 1883 by UP interests, reorganized 1884 by Young, opened 1886-1889, sold to Utah Central Railroad 1897-1898
- Castle Valley Railway: chartered 1901 by RGW interests, opened 1903, sold to D&RG 1908
- Copper Belt Railroad: chartered 1901 by Bingham Copper and Gold Mining Company interests, leased RGW branch in 1901, D&RG gained control in 1905, sold to D&RG 1908
- Goshen Valley Railroad: chartered 1918 by Tintic Standard Mine, Iron King Mine, and South Standard Mine interests, opened 1919, D&RG began operations 1919, portions sold to D&RGW 1927, merged into D&RGW 1947
- Ballard and Thompson Railroad
  : chartered 1911, opened 1912, D&RG began operation 1913, abandoned 1950, corporation suspended 1974
- Kenilworth and Helper Railroad: chartered 1911 by Independent Coal and Coke Company interests, D&RG began operation 1915, abandoned 1926

Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad: chartered 1907 by D&RG and WP, opened 1910, D&RGW bought WP's half in 1978, dissolved 1978
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
: chartered 1888 by SP and UP, operations ended with 1996 merger

Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway: chartered 1891 as Saltair Railway, renamed Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway in 1892, opened 1893, renamed Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway in 1916
- Inland Railway: chartered 1916 by Inland Crystal Salt Company
  , sold to SLG&W 1924

Utah Coal Railway, renamed Utah Railway
in 1912, opened 1913-1914, operated by D&RG 1914-1917
- Southern Utah Railroad: chartered 1907 by Consolidated Fuel Company, opened 1910, operated by D&RG 1910-1917, closed 1917, locomotives sold to Utah Railway 1918
  - Castle Valley Railroad: chartered 1909 by Castle Valley Coal Company, opened 1910, operated by D&RG 1910-1914, assets sold to Southern Utah Railroad 1914, dissolved 1920
- National Coal Railway: chartered 1909 as Helper Western Railway, renamed National Coal Railway in 1920, opened 1925, sold to Utah Railway 1926, abandoned 1954, dissolved 1954
- Utah Terminal Railway: chartered 1920 by Standard Coal Company, Peerless Coal Company, and Spring Canyon Coal Company, opened 1921, sold to Utah Railway 1921, dissolved 1974

Alta Scenic Railway: chartered 1925
American Fork Railroad: chartered 1872, opened 1872, closed 1878
Utah Copper to own the existing Mascotte Tunnel, leased 1915 by General Exploration Company

Utah Copper

, opened 1911, closed 1948

Carbon County Railway: chartered 1922 by Utah Coal and Coke Company, opened 1923, operated by D&RGW until 1943, closed 1982
Emigration Canyon Railroad: chartered 1907 by Mormons, opened 1908, closed 1916-1917
Eureka Hill Railway: chartered 1907, closed 1928, dissolved 1937
Little Cottonwood Transportation Company: chartered 1916, opened 1917, closed 1925
Newhouse, Copper Gulch and Sevier Lake Railroad: chartered 1904 by Newhouse Mines and Smelters, closed 1927
St. John and Ophir Railroad: chartered 1912 by Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining Company, opened 1912, closed 1928, dissolved 1938
Salt Lake and Alta Railroad: chartered 1913, leased D&RG branch from 1913 to 1917
Salt Lake and Mercur Railroad: chartered 1894, opened 1895, closed 1913
Tooele Valley Railway: chartered 1908, opened 1909, closed 1980-1982
Uintah Railway: chartered 1903, opened 1904, closed 1938-1939

Bamberger Railroad
, closed 1958
- Salt Lake Terminal Company: chartered 1913 by SL&O and SL&U, Bamberger bought SL&U's half in 1946

Salt Lake and Utah Railroad: chartered 1912, opened 1913-1917, reorganized 1936-1938, closed 1946

Utah Idaho Central Railroad: chartered 1914 by Eccles as Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway (consolidation of others), renamed Utah Idaho Central Railroad in 1918, reorganized 1926 and 1939-1940, closed 1947
- Logan Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1910 by Eccles, consolidated into OL&I 1914
- Ogden Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1883 as Ogden City Railway, reorganized 1890-1891 as Ogden Electric Railway, reorganized 1900 by Eccles as Ogden Rapid Transit Company, consolidated into OL&I 1914
  - Ogden and Northwestern Railroad: chartered 1889 as Ogden and Hot Springs Railway, Eccles gained control in 1901, reorganized 1903 as Ogden and Northwestern Railroad, sold to ORT 1911
- Cache Valley Railroad: chartered 1918 by Eccles, consolidated into UIC 1919

Utah Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1920 by Eccles as split from UIC, closed 1935, reorganized 1936 as Utah Transit Company

Utah Light and Traction Company: chartered 1901 as Consolidated Railway and Power Company (consolidation of others), consolidated 1904 into Utah Light and Railway Company, split from power company in 1914 as Utah Light and Traction Company, merged with newly-chartered Salt Lake Light and Traction Company in 1914, closed and reorganized 1944 as Salt Lake City Lines
- East Bench Street Railway: chartered 1890, consolidated into CRy in 1901
- Salt Lake City Railroad: chartered 1872, consolidated into CRy in 1901
- Salt Lake Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1890, consolidated into CRy in 1901
  - Popperton Place and Fort Douglas Rapid Transit Company: chartered 1890, operated by SLRT?, consolidated into CRy in 1901

Salt Lake and Utah Valley Railroad: chartered 1890 as West Side Rapid Transit Company, reorganized 1902 as Salt Lake and Utah Valley Railroad, closed 1909