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Headquarters | Rawlins, Wyoming |
Locale | Wyoming |
Dates of operation | February 12, 1889 | –
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 19.22 miles (30.93 km) |
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 $7.49 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.[ citation needed]