Carbon Cut-Off Railway

Carbon Cut-Off Railway
Locale Wyoming
Dates of operation February 12, 1889 (1889-02-12)–
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 19.22 miles (30.93 km)
Headquarters Rawlins, Wyoming

The Carbon Cut-Off Railway was a railroad line in the U.S. state of Wyoming. In 1889 the Union Pacific Railroad invested $221,000 (equivalent to about $5.82 million today[1]) to construct a rail line from Allen station on the main line (near Medicine Bow) to their coal mines near Hanna.[2] In 1892 the railroad operated 17.16 miles (27.62 km) of track between Allen and Hanna and an additional 2.06 miles (3.32 km) of track to the Hanna mine.[3]

Later the UP abandoned its original main line between Allen and Dana, and now the Carbon Cut-Off Railway, along with a connection from Hanna to Dana, is part of the UP's Laramie Subdivision.

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References

  1. ↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Athearn, Robert G. (1976). Union Pacific Country. University of Nebraska Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8032-5829-7.
  3. ↑ General Orders. United States Department of Army. 1893. pp. 32–33.
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