Union Pacific in Utah
Compiled by Don Strack
(This is a work in progress since 1978 — research continues.)
This page was last updated on February 3, 2008.
Union Pacific in Utah is arranged in three sections:
- Information about Union Pacific in Utah, 1868-1899.
- Information about UP in Utah, from 1900 to 1996.
- Information about UP in Utah, from 1996 to today.
Other information:
Union Pacific's Salt Lake City Depot — Information about the history and current status of Union Pacific's classic depot in Salt Lake City.
Utah Division History — Information about UP's Utah Division, from 1937 to current operations in 2003, with information from various timetables showing how the division was expanded and cut back at various times to reflect the operational changes of reorganizations and mergers.
Union Pacific In Utah (Research Notes) — Research notes of the construction and operations of all of Union Pacific's lines in Utah.
UP's Salt Lake City Area Timetable — Changes that took effect in 1998 with the new Salt Lake Area Timetable of October 25, 1998, including name change to most of the area subdivisions.
UP's Park City (Utah) Branch — An edited version of the original text used for an article published as "Union Pacific's Park City (Utah) Branch" in The Streamliner, Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2001
UP's Salt Lake City (Utah) Diesel Shop — An edited version of the original text used for an article published as "Salt Lake City Diesel Shop" in The Streamliner, Volume 12, Number 2, Spring 1998.
UP's Route in Weber and Echo Canyons — An edited version of the original text used for an article published as "Eastbound to Wahsatch" in The Streamliner, Volume 17, Number 3, Summer 2003.
UP's Tintic Branches and Shay Locomotives — An edited version of the original text used for an article published as "UP's Tintic Subdivision" in The Streamliner, Volume 19, Number 3, Summer 2005. The Streamliner is the quarterly publication of Union Pacific Historical Society, and the article in The Streamliner includes 32 photos (three in color, plus the color cover), and seven maps, along with locomotive diagrams, timetable entries, and track profiles of the branches where UP ran its Shay locomotives.
