Defunct Railroads
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Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Bad Water Line | BDW | 1988 | 2000 | Bad Water Railway | ||
Bad Water Railway | BDW | 2000 | 2002 | Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad | ||
Big Horn Railroad | CB&Q | 1905 | 1916 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Carbon Cut-Off Railway | UP | 1889 | 1899 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Cheyenne and Burlington Railroad | CB&Q | 1887 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Cheyenne and Northern Railway | CB&Q | 1886 | 1890 | Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway | ||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | CB&Q, CBQ | CB&Q | 1889 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1907 | N/A | Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |
Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1903 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | |
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Colorado Railroad | CB&Q | 1909 | 1930 | Colorado and Southern Railway | ||
Colorado Central Railroad | CB&Q | 1877 | 1890 | Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway | ||
Colorado and Southern Railway | C&S, CS | CB&Q | 1898 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | |
Colorado and Wyoming Railway | CW | 1899 | 1980 | N/A | ||
Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway | UP | 1914 | 1924 | Northern Colorado and Eastern Railroad | ||
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company | UP | 1867 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway | ||
Eastern Wyoming Railway | CNW | 1890 | 1891 | Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad | ||
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad | CNW | 1891 | 1903 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Grand Island and Northern Wyoming Railroad | CB&Q | 1889 | 1897 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway | 1901 | 1914 | Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway | |||
Laramie, North Park and Pacific Railroad and Telegraph Company | UP | 1880 | 1900 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad | UP | 1924 | 1951 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad | CB&Q | 1899 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
North and South Railway | 1923 | 1935 | N/A | |||
Northern Colorado and Eastern Railroad | UP | 1924 | 1924 | Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad | ||
Oregon Short Line Railroad | UP | 1897 | 1987 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Oregon Short Line Railway | UP | 1881 | 1889 | Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | ||
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway | UP | 1889 | 1897 | Oregon Short Line Railroad | ||
Saratoga and Encampment Railway | UP | 1905 | 1928 | Saratoga and Encampment Valley Railroad | ||
Saratoga and Encampment Valley Railroad | UP | 1928 | 1951 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Union Pacific Railroad | UP | 1862 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway | ||
Union Pacific Railway | UP | 1880 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway | CB&Q | 1890 | 1898 | Colorado and Southern Railway | ||
Wyoming Railway | WYO | 1909 | 1953 | N/A | ||
Wyoming Central Railway | CNW | 1885 | 1891 | Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad | ||
Wyoming Colorado Railroad | WYCO | 1987 | 2007 | none | Line scrapped in 2007, the division in the state of Oregon is still in operation, however. | |
Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad | 1895 | 1924 | Wyoming and Missouri River Railway | |||
Wyoming and Missouri River Railway | 1924 | 1927 | N/A | |||
Wyoming North and South Railroad | 1923 | 1924 | North and South Railway | |||
Wyoming and Northwestern Railway | CNW | 1904 | 1920 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
Wyoming State Railway | CNW | 1904 | 1904 | Wyoming and Northwestern Railway | ||
Wyoming Western Railroad | UP | 1900 | 1910 | Oregon Short Line Railroad |
- Passenger carriers
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Service along the former Pioneer lasted only from 1992 to 1997.
Read more about this topic: List Of Wyoming Railroads
Famous quotes containing the words defunct and/or railroads:
“The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)