Private company

Uintah Railway

Railroad in the United States

The Uintah Railway was a small 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad company in Utah and Colorado in the United States. It was constructed to carry Gilsonite which provided most of its operating revenues; but it operated as a common carrier from 1904 to 1939, also carrying passengers, mail, express, and other cargoes including sheep and wool.2 It is headquartered in Mack.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersMack1
Uintah Railway primarily hauled Gilsonite but here dinosaur bones peak-out from under a tarp enroute to Mack, CO for shipment to the Carnegie Museum
Photo: NPS/Earl Douglass Diaries edited by Evan Hall, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Uintah Railway was a small 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad company in Utah and Colorado in the United States. It was constructed to carry Gilsonite which provided most of its operating revenues; but it operated as a common carrier from 1904 to 1939, also carrying passengers, mail, express, and other cargoes including sheep and wool.2

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