Rail line in Nevada and Utah
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Burmester Yard
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US Magnesium
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to Marblehead
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Aragonite
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Clive
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Intrepid Potash
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| Hogan's Tunnel | | elev. 5,901 ft (1,799 m) |
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Spruce
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Metropolis Branch
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Hot Box Spur
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Tunnel No. 4
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Tunnel No. 3
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Elko
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A train travels west on the Shafter Subdivision through Utah's West Desert, September 2023
The Shafter Subdivision is a rail line owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad in the U.S. states of Nevada and Utah. The line begins as a continuation of the Elko Subdivision at the Elko freight yards, and travels east to the junction with the Lynndyl Subdivision of the former Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, adjacent to the Kennecott Smokestack.[1] The line was formerly part of the Western Pacific Railroad.[2] The entire subdivision is part of the Central Corridor; the portion west of Alazon (a switchover near Wells, Nevada) is also part of the Overland Route. Shafter is the name of the rail siding at the junction between this line and the Nevada Northern Railway.
