- List of Colorado railroads
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List of Colorado railroads identifies the variety of active, historic, and defunct railroads that operate in the U.S. state of Colorado.
Common freight carriers
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway (CW)
- Denver Rock Island Railroad (DRIR)
- Great Western Railway of Colorado (GWR)
- Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO)
- Kyle Railroad (KYLE)
- Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (NKCR)
- Rock and Rail LLC (RRRR)
- San Luis Central Railroad (SLC)
- San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG)
- Towner Railway (VST)[1]
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Utah Railway (UTAH)
Historic attraction carriers
- Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
- Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Fort Collins Municipal Railway
- Georgetown Loop
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway
- Platte Valley Trolley (Denver Rail Heritage Society)
- Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
- Royal Gorge Route Railroad
Private freight carriers
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
Defunct railroads
Name Mark System[2] From To Successor Notes Argentine Central Railway 1905 1912 Argentine and Gray's Peak Railway Argentine and Gray's Peak Railway 1913 1918 N/A Arkansas Valley Railroad ATSF 1900 1907 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Aspen Short Line Railway 1888 1893 Colorado Midland Railroad Aspen and Western Railway 1880 1892 Crystal River Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 1873 1895 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF ATSF 1895 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Beaver, Penrose and Northern Railway 1909 1920 N/A Book Cliff Railroad 1899 1925 N/A Burlington and Colorado Railroad CB&Q 1881 1908 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 Busk Tunnel Railway 1890 1900 Colorado Midland Railway Cadillac and Lake City Railway CLK 1981 1989 N/A Canon de Agua Railroad CB&Q 1889 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Canon City and Cripple Creek Railroad 1897 1915 N/A Canon City and San Juan Railway ATSF 1877 1878 Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Canon Coal Railway DRGW 1872 1878 Denver and Rio Grande Railway Central Kansas Railway CKRY 1997 2001 Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q CB&Q 1881 1970 Burlington Northern Inc. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 1901 1907 N/A Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway RI 1888 1891 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Chicago, Rock Island and Colorado Railway RI 1888 1888 Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK RI 1947 1980 Cadillac and Lake City Railway Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RI RI 1888 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Chicosa Canon Railway CB&Q 1889 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Clear Creek and Guy Gulch Wagon Road Company CB&Q 1871 1873 Colorado Central Railroad Colorado Railroad 1938 1957 N/A Colorado Railroad CB&Q 1906 1930 Colorado and Southern Railway Colorado Railway DRGW 1883 1888 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Colorado Central Railroad CB&Q 1869 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Colorado Central and Pacific Railroad CB&Q 1866 1869 Colorado Central Railroad Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad CB&Q 1865 1866 Colorado Central and Pacific Railroad Colorado Eastern Railroad 1894 1915 N/A Colorado Eastern Railway 1888 1894 Colorado Eastern Railroad Colorado–Kansas Railway 1911 1932 Colorado Railroad Colorado, Kansas and Pacific Railway CKP 2000 2003 Towner Railway Colorado Midland Railroad CM 1917 1921 Midland Terminal Railway Colorado Midland Railroad 1893 1897 Colorado Midland Railway Colorado Midland Railway 1897 1917 Colorado Midland Railroad Colorado Midland Railway 1883 1893 Colorado Midland Railroad Colorado and New Mexico Railroad ATSF 1873 1875 Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Colorado Northern Railway CB&Q 1883 1884 Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad Colorado and Northwestern Railroad 1904 1909 Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad Colorado and Northwestern Railway 1897 1904 Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Colorado and Pacific Wagon, Telegraph and Railroad Company CB&Q 1861 1871 Clear Creek and Guy Gulch Wagon Road Company Colorado and Salt Lake Railroad CB&Q 1871 1872 Colorado Central Railroad Colorado and Southeastern Railroad C&SE 1909 1952 N/A Colorado and Southeastern Railway 1903 1909 Colorado and Southeastern Railroad Colorado and Southern Railway C&S, CS CB&Q 1898 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad Colorado Southwestern Railway DRGW 1888 1889 Rio Grande Junction Railway Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway CCD 1899 1920 N/A Colorado and Utah Railway 1886 1892 Crystal River Railway Colorado and Wyoming Railroad CB&Q 1887 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway UP 1914 1924 Northern Colorado and Eastern Railroad Colorado, Wyoming and Great Northern Railroad 1894 1899 Book Cliff Railroad Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Railroad 1915 1921 Midland Terminal Railway Cripple Creek District Railway 1897 1899 Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway Crystal River Railroad 1898 1941 N/A Crystal River Railway 1892 1898 Crystal River Railroad Crystal River and San Juan Railroad 1906 1941 N/A Denver Railroad and Land Company 1886 1887 Denver Railroad, Land and Coal Company Denver Railroad, Land and Coal Company 1887 1888 Colorado Eastern Railway Denver Railway DRWY 1989 1993 Denver Rock Island Railroad Denver and Boulder Valley Railroad UP 1870 1898 Union Pacific Railroad Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad 1909 1919 N/A Denver Circle Railroad ATSF 1880 1886 Denver and Santa Fe Railway Denver, Clear Creek and Western Railway DRGW 1888 1899 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Denver, Cripple Creek and Southwestern Railroad CB&Q 1896 1899 Colorado and Southern Railway Denver, Golden and Salt Lake Railroad CB&Q 1881 1917 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Denver and Inter-Mountain Railroad D&IM, DIM 1909 1953 N/A Electric after 1909 Denver and Inter-Mountain Railway 1904 1909 Denver and Inter-Mountain Railroad Denver, Lakewood and Golden Railroad 1890 1904 Denver and Inter-Mountain Railway Denver, Laramie and Northern Railroad 1917 1917 Great Western Railway of Colorado Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad 1910 1917 Denver, Laramie and Northern Railroad Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railway 1906 1910 Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway CB&Q 1889 1898 Colorado and Southern Railway Denver, Longmont and Northwestern Railroad CB&Q 1881 1883 Colorado Northern Railway Denver, Marshall and Boulder Railway CB&Q 1885 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Denver and Middle Park Railroad CB&Q 1883 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Denver and Montana Railroad CB&Q 1899 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Denver and New Orleans Railroad CB&Q 1881 1886 Denver, Texas and Gulf Railroad Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway DRGW 1902 1913 Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company UP 1867 1880 Union Pacific Railway Denver and Rio Grande Railroad DRGW 1886 1921 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver and Rio Grande Railway DRGW 1870 1886 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad D&RG, D&RGW, DRGW DRGW 1920 1997 Union Pacific Railroad Denver and Salt Lake Railroad D&SL DRGW 1912 1927 Denver and Salt Lake Railway Denver and Salt Lake Railway D&SL DRGW 1926 1947 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver and Salt Lake Western Railroad DRGW 1924 1947 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Denver and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1887 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Denver, South Park and Hill Top Railway CB&Q 1896 1897 Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad CB&Q 1873 1889 Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway CB&Q 1872 1873 Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad Denver and Southwestern Railway 1899 1904 Cripple Creek Central Railway (holding company) Denver Terminal Railroad DTMR 1986 1989 Denver Railway Denver, Texas and Gulf Railroad CB&Q 1885 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad CB&Q 1887 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Denver Union Railway and Terminal Company UP 1889 1900 Union Pacific Railroad Denver Union Terminal Railway DUT ATSF/ CB&Q/ DRGW/ RI/ UP 1912 2001 Regional Transportation District Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad CB&Q 1880 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Denver, Western and Pacific Railway CB&Q 1880 1885 Denver, Marshall and Boulder Railway Elk Mountain Railway 1887 1898 Crystal River Railroad Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad 1893 1915 Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Railroad Fort Collins Development Railway CB&Q 1902 1908 Colorado Railroad Fort Worth and Denver Railway FWD CB&Q 1981 1982 Burlington Northern Railroad Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway CB&Q 1881 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Gilpin Railroad CB&Q 1909 1917 N/A Gilpin Tramway Company CB&Q 1886 1906 Gilpin Railroad Golden Circle Railroad 1896 1915 Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Railroad Golden City and Gilpin County Wagon and Railroad Company CB&Q 1870 1872 Colorado Central Railroad Golden City and South Platte Railway and Telegraph Company 1872 1880 N/A Grand Valley Railway DRGW 1886 1887 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway CB&Q 1881 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Greeley Terminal Railway 1909 1917 N/A Holly and Swink Railway ATSF 1906 1907 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Kansas–Colorado Railroad 1908 1910 Colorado–Kansas Railway Kansas Pacific Railway UP 1869 1880 Union Pacific Railway Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway UP 1911 1914 Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad UP 1924 1951 Union Pacific Railroad Larimer and Routt County Railway UP 1907 1914 Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway Leadville Mineral Belt Railway CB&Q 1898 1900 Colorado and Southern Railway Leadville, Ten Mile and Breckenridge Railway DRGW 1880 1880 Denver and Rio Grande Railway Little Book Cliff Railway 1889 1894 Colorado, Wyoming and Great Northern Railroad London, South Park and Leadville Railroad 1882 1885 South Park and Leadville Short Line Railroad Longmont and Erie Railroad CB&Q 1878 1881 Denver, Longmont and Northwestern Railroad Midland Terminal Railway MTR 1892 1949 N/A Missouri Pacific Railroad MP MP 1917 1997 Union Pacific Railroad Missouri Pacific Railway MP 1887 1917 Missouri Pacific Railroad Mount Carbon, Gunnison and Lake City Railroad and Coal Transportation Company CB&Q 1877 1881 Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet NKCR 1996 2005 Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway Northern Colorado and Eastern Railroad UP 1924 1924 Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad Northwestern Terminal Railroad DRGW 1927 1968 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Northwestern Terminal Railway DRGW 1904 1927 Northwestern Terminal Railroad Platt Valley Railway 1993 1993 Denver Rock Island Railroad Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad ATSF 1875 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Pueblo and Salt Lake Railway ATSF 1873 1875 Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Pueblo and State Line Railroad MP 1887 1910 Missouri Pacific Railway Pueblo Union Depot and Railroad Company ATSF/ CB&Q/ DRGW/ MP/ RI 1887 Rio Grande Railroad DRGW 1900 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Rio Grande Gunnison Railway DRGW 1891 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Rio Grande Junction Railway DRGW 1889 1947 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Rio Grande, Pagosa and Northern Railroad DRGW 1899 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Rio Grande and Pagosa Springs Railroad 1895 1914 N/A Rio Grande, Pueblo and Southern Railroad DRGW 1902 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Rio Grande Sangre de Cristo Railroad DRGW 1901 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Rio Grande Southern Railroad DRGW 1889 1951 N/A Rio Grande Western Railway DRGW 1889 1908 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Road Canon Railroad CB&Q 1889 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad RI 1888 1888 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway San Luis Southern Railway 1909 1928 San Luis Valley Southern Railway San Luis Valley Southern Railway 1928 1953 Southern San Luis Valley Railroad Silverton Railroad 1887 1904 Silverton Railway Silverton Railway 1904 1922 N/A Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad 1899 1915 Silverton Northern Railroad Silverton Northern Railroad 1895 1941 N/A South Park and Leadville Short Line Railroad 1885 1900 N/A Southern San Luis Valley Railroad SSLV 1953 1996 N/A State Line and Denver Railway DRGW 1889 1889 Rio Grande Western Railway Trinidad Railway TRIN 1992 Still exists as a joint lessor of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad Trinidad and Denver Railroad DRGW 1886 1888 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Trinidad and Denver Terminal and Railway Company DRGW 1888 1899 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Uintah Railway 1903 1939 N/A Union Depot and Railroad Company ATSF/ CB&Q/ DRGW/ RI/ UP 1879 1899 Union Depot and Railway Company Union Depot and Railway Company ATSF/ CB&Q/ DRGW/ RI/ UP 1899 1914 Denver Union Terminal Railway Union Pacific Railway UP 1880 1898 Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division UP 1866 1869 Kansas Pacific Railway Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway CB&Q 1890 1898 Colorado and Southern Railway Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway UP 1888 1898 N/A Sold at foreclosure; no property in Colorado Walsenburg and Western Railway CB&Q 1907 1910 Colorado Railroad - Electric
- Arkansas Valley Railway, Light and Power Company
- Boulder Electric Light and Power Company
- Canon City and Cripple Creek Railroad
- Colfax Electric Railway
- Colorado Railway, Light and Power Company
- Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (CCD)
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway
- Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Company
- Colorado Springs and Suburban Railway
- Cripple Creek District Railway
- Denver City Cable Railway
- Denver City Traction Company
- Denver City Tramway Company
- Denver Consolidated Tramway Company
- Denver Electric and Cable Railway
- Denver, Globeville and Golden Rapid Transit Company
- Denver and Inter-Mountain Railroad (D&IM, DIM)
- Denver and Inter-Mountain Railway
- Denver and Interurban Railroad
- Denver, Lakewood and Golden Railroad
- Denver and Northwestern Railway
- Denver and South Platte Railway
- Denver Tramway Company
- Denver Tramway Extension Company
- Denver Tramway Terminals Company
- Durango Railway and Realty Company
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad
- Fort Collins Municipal Railway
- Grand Junction Electric Railway
- Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway
- Grand River Valley Railway
- Greeley and Denver Railroad
- Manitou Incline Railway
- Metropolitan Railway
- Midland Terminal Railway
- Pueblo and Suburban Traction and Lighting Company
- Southern Colorado Power and Railway Company
- South Denver Cable Railway
- Trinidad Electric Transmission, Railway and Gas Company
- West End Street Railroad
References
- ^ VSRailway.com: Towner Division
- ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
External links
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