# List of Nevada railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nevada.

## Current railroads

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### 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
* 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

* Gabriel Willaman Railroad Construction

## Defunct railroads

| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor |
| 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 | BHP | | 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 | SLR | 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 | NCB | | 1909 | 1947 | N/A |
| Nevada Northern Railway | NN | | 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 | NN | | 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 | SP | 1885 | 1969 | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
| Southern Pacific Transportation Company | SP | 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 | V&T | | 1905 | 1950 | N/A |
| Western Nevada Railroad | | SP | 1879 | 1880 | Nevada and Oregon Railroad |
| Western Pacific Railroad | WP | WP | 1916 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Western Pacific Railway | | WP | 1903 | 1916 | Western Pacific Railroad |

### Private

* 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