List of Nevada railroads

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

Current railroads

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Railroad Contractors

Gabriel Willaman Railroad Construction

Defunct railroads

Name	Mark	System	From	To	Successor	Notes
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	-