Granite, Wyoming
Granite Canon is an unincorporated community in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. Its elevation is 7,336 feet. The community of Granite Canon is unincorporated, but does have a postal designation with the ZIP code of 82059.
Public education in the community of Granite is provided by Laramie County School District #1.
On the morning of October 4, 2018, an eastbound Union Pacific freight train collided with the rear of a stationary Union Pacific freight train in Granite Canyon. At the time of the accident, the striking train was traveling on a descending grade leading up to the point of collision. The engineer and conductor of the striking train were killed, and three locomotives and fifty-seven cars of the striking train derailed, while nine cars of the stationary train derailed.
