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==Defunct railroads==
==Defunct railroads==
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}<!--Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska? was the Georgetown and Gray's Peak Railway only a holding company? Inter-Mountain Railway between Denver and Inter-Mountain Railway and Denver and Inter-Mountain Railroad? Colorado Central Railroad http://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd02-63.html? Where the hell was the Colorado and Eastern Railroad?-->
* [[Argentine Central Railway]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* [[Aspen and Western Railway]]
!Name
* [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (ATSF)
![[Reporting mark|Mark]]
* [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] (BN)
!System<ref group=nb>This is one or more of the [[Class I railroad]]s that the railroad became part of, if any.</ref>
** [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] (CBQ)
!From
***[[Colorado and Southern Railway]]
!To
* [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]] (CRIP)
!Successor
* [[Colorado and Northwestern Railway]]
!Notes
* [[Colorado Central Railroad]]
|-
|[[Argentine Central Railway]]
* [[Colorado Midland Railway]] (CM)
* [[Crystal River Railroad]]
|
* [[Denver and Middle Park Railroad]]
|
* [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]] (DRGW)
|1905
* [[Denver Circle Railroad]]
|1912
|[[Argentine and Grays Peak Railway]]
* [[Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway]]
* [[Denver, South Park and Hilltop Railway]]
|-
* [[Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad]]
|[[Argentine and Grays Peak Railway]]
* [[Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad]]
|
* [[Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad]]
|
* [[Gilpin tramway]]
|1913
* [[Little Book Cliff Railway]]
|1918
* [[London, South Park and Leadville Railroad]]
|N/A
* [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] (MP)
|-
|[[Arkansas Valley Railroad]]
* [[Rio Grande and Pagosa Springs Railroad]]
* [[Rio Grande Southern Railway]] (RGS)
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
* [[Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad]]
* [[Silverton Northern Railroad]]
|1900
* [[Silverton Railroad]]
|1907
* [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] (SP)
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]
* [[Southern San Luis Valley Railroad Co.]] (SSLV)
|-
|[[Aspen Short Line Railway]]
* [[Uintah Railway]] (URY)
|
|
|1888
|1893
|[[Colorado Midland Railroad]]
|-
|[[Aspen and Western Railway]]
|
|
|1880
|1892
|[[Crystal River Railway]]
|-
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1873<!--leased the Colorado and New Mexico Railroad-->
|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 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]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1877
|1878
|[[Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad]]
|-
|[[Canon Coal Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1872
|1878
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railway]]
|-
|[[Central Kansas Railway]]
|CKRY
|
|1997<!--leased west to Towner-->
|2001
|[[Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad]]
|-
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|CB&Q
|CB&Q
|1881<!--leased the Burlington and Colorado Railroad (opened in 1882)-->
|1970
|[[Burlington Northern Inc.]]
|-
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1901
|1907
|N/A
|Leased the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|-
|[[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]
|1888
|1891
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]]
|-
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Colorado Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]
|1888
|1888
|[[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]]
|-
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]]
|RI, ROCK
|RI
|1947
|1980
|[[Cadillac and Lake City Railway]]<!--not Denver Terminal - even that was initially C&LC-->
|-
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]]
|RI
|RI
|1888
|1948
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]]
|-
|[[Chicosa Canon Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1889
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Clear Creek and Guy Gulch Wagon Road Company]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1871
|1873
|[[Colorado Central Railroad]]
|-
|[[Colorado Railroad]]
|
|
|1938
|1957<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|[[Colorado Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1906
|1930
|[[Colorado and Southern Railway]]
|-
|[[Colorado Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1883
|1888
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Colorado Central Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1869
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Colorado Central and Pacific Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1866
|1869
|[[Colorado Central Railroad]]
|-
|[[Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 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]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1873
|1875
|[[Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad]]
|-
|[[Colorado Northern Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1861
|1871
|[[Clear Creek and Guy Gulch Wagon Road Company]]
|-
|[[Colorado and Salt Lake Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 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
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1898
|1981
|[[Burlington Northern Railroad]]
|-
|[[Colorado Southwestern Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1887
|1908
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|-
|[[Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1870
|1898
|[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver, Boulder and Western Railroad]]
|
|
|1909
|1919
|N/A
|-
|[[Denver Circle Railroad]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1880
|1886
|[[Denver and Santa Fe Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, Clear Creek and Western Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1888
|1899
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver, Cripple Creek and Southwestern Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1896
|1899
|[[Colorado and Southern Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, Golden and Salt Lake Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1889
|1898
|[[Colorado and Southern Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, Longmont and Northwestern Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1881
|1883
|[[Colorado Northern Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, Marshall and Boulder Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1885
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver and Middle Park Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1883
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver and Montana Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1899
|1908
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver and New Orleans Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1881
|1886
|[[Denver, Texas and Gulf Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1902
|1913
|[[Denver and Salt Lake Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1867
|1880
|[[Union Pacific Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1886
|1921
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1870<!--or 1864??-->
|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
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1912
|1927
|[[Denver and Salt Lake Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver and Salt Lake Railway]]
|D&SL
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1926
|1947
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver and Salt Lake Western Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1924<!--?-->
|1947
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver and Santa Fe Railway]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1887
|1900
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, South Park and Hill Top Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1896
|1897
|[[Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1873
|1889
|[[Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1885
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1887
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Denver Union Railway and Terminal Company]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1889
|1900
|[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver Union Terminal Railway]]
|DUT
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]/ [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]/ [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]/ [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]/ [[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1912
|2001
|[[Regional Transportation District]]
|-
|[[Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1880
|1908
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]
|-
|[[Denver, Western and Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1902
|1908
|[[Colorado Railroad]]
|-
|[[Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1881
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Gilpin Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1909
|1917
|N/A
|-
|[[Gilpin Tramway Company]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1870
|1872
|[[Colorado Central Railroad]]
|-
|[[Grand Valley Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1886
|1887
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1881
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[Greeley Terminal Railway]]
|
|
|1909<!--?-->
|1917
|N/A
|-
|[[Holly and Swink Railway]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1906
|1907
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]
|-
|[[Kansas–Colorado Railroad]]
|
|
|1908
|1910
|[[Colorado–Kansas Railway]]
|-
|[[Kansas Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1869
|1880
|[[Union Pacific Railway]]
|-
|[[Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1911<!--leased the completed Larimer and Routt County Railway-->
|1914
|[[Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway]]
|-
|[[Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1924
|1951
|[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
|-
|[[Larimer and Routt County Railway]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1907
|1914
|[[Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway]]
|-
|[[Leadville Mineral Belt Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1898
|1900
|[[Colorado and Southern Railway]]
|-
|[[Leadville, Ten Mile and Breckenridge Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 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]]
|
|[[Missouri Pacific Railroad|MP]]
|1887<!--leased the Pueblo and State Line Railroad-->
|1917
|[[Missouri Pacific Railroad]]
|-
|[[Mount Carbon, Gunnison and Lake City Railroad and Coal Transportation Company]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1924
|1924
|[[Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad]]
|-
|[[Northwestern Terminal Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1927
|1968
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]]
|-
|[[Northwestern Terminal Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1904
|1927
|[[Northwestern Terminal Railroad]]
|-
|[[Platt<!--sic--> Valley Railway]]
|
|
|1993
|1993
|[[Denver Rock Island Railroad]]
|-
|[[Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1875
|1900
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]
|-
|[[Pueblo and Salt Lake Railway]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]
|1873
|1875
|[[Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad]]
|-
|[[Pueblo and State Line Railroad]]
|
|[[Missouri Pacific Railroad|MP]]
|1887
|1910
|[[Missouri Pacific Railway]]
|-
|[[Pueblo Union Depot and Railroad Company]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]/ [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]/ [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]/ [[Missouri Pacific Railroad|MP]]/ [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]
|1887
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|[[Rio Grande Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1900
|1908
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Rio Grande Gunnison Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1891
|1908
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Rio Grande Junction Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1889
|1947
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad]]
|-
|[[Rio Grande, Pagosa and Northern Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western 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]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1902
|1908
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Rio Grande Sangre de Cristo Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1901
|1908
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Rio Grande Southern Railroad]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1889
|1951
|N/A
|-
|[[Rio Grande Western Railway]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1889
|1908
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Road Canon Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1889
|1890
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|-
|[[St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad]]
|
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]
|1888<!--leased the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway-->
|1888
|[[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]]
|-
|[[San Luis Southern Railway]]
|
|
|1909
|1928<!--or 1955??-->
|[[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]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|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]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1886
|1888
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Trinidad and Denver Terminal and Railway Company]]
|
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]
|1888
|1899
|[[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]]
|-
|[[Uintah Railway]]
|
|
|1903
|1939
|N/A
|-
|[[Union Depot and Railroad Company]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]/ [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]/ [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]/ [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]/ [[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1879
|1899
|[[Union Depot and Railway Company]]
|-
|[[Union Depot and Railway Company]]
|
|[[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|ATSF]]/ [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]/ [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|DRGW]]/ [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|RI]]/ [[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1899
|1914
|[[Denver Union Terminal Railway]]
|-
|[[Union Pacific Railway]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1880
|1898<!--?-->
|[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
|-
|[[Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1866<!--authorized to enter Colorado-->
|1869
|[[Kansas Pacific Railway]]
|-
|[[Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|CB&Q]]
|1890
|1898
|[[Colorado and Southern Railway]]
|-
|[[Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway]]
|
|[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]]
|1888
|1898
|N/A
|Sold at foreclosure; no property in Colorado
|-
|[[Walsenburg and Western Railway]]
|
|[[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|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]]
*[[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]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
== References ==
* {{cite book| author=Hilton, George W.| title=American Narrow Gauge Railroads| publisher=Stanford University Press| location=Stanford, California| year=1990| isbn=0-8047-2369-9 }}
* {{cite book| author=Hilton, George W.| title=American Narrow Gauge Railroads| publisher=Stanford University Press| location=Stanford, California| year=1990| isbn=0-8047-2369-9 }}
* Watco Companies, ''[http://www.watcocompanies.com/railroads.htm Railroads]''. Retrieved [[August 15]] [[2005]].

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Revision as of 00:13, 14 July 2009

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

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

References

  • Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
  • Watco Companies, Railroads. Retrieved August 15 2005.
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