List of Nevada railroads
Appearance
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Current railroads
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Common freight carriers
[edit]- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Private freight carriers
[edit]- Nevada Industrial Switch (PGFX)
- Savage Rail (SVGX)
Passenger carriers
[edit]- Amtrak (AMTK): California Zephyr
- Carson & Mills Park Railroad
- Las Vegas Monorail
- Mandalay Bay Tram
- Mirage-Treasure Island Tram
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum (NN)
- Nevada Southern Railway
- Nevada State Railroad Museum
- Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Railroad Contractors
[edit]Defunct railroads
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Private
[edit]- Austin City Railway
- Bluestone Mining and Smelting Company
- Bristol Silver Mines Company
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company
- Crystal Bay Railroad
- Dayton, Sutro and Carson Valley Railroad
- Golconda and Adelaide Railroad
- Goldfield Consolidated Milling and Transportation Company
- Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company
- Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
- Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Pacific Portland Cement Company
- Prince Consolidated Mining Company
- Quartette Mining Company
- Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company
- Six Companies, Inc.
- Sutro Tunnel Railroad
- Verdi Lumber Company
- Yellow Pine Mining Company
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
[edit]- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Nevada (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
- Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - The Desert States. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN 0-87004-305-6.