List of Nevada railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Current railroads
Common freight carriers
- BNSF Railway
- Union Pacific Railroad
Private freight carriers
- Nevada Industrial Switch
- Savage Rail
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak : California Zephyr
- Carson & Mills Park Railroad
- Las Vegas Monorail
- Mandalay Bay Tram
- Hard Rock-Treasure Island Tram
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum
- 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 | 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 | - |
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