John W. Young's Railroads
This page was last updated on June 6, 2010.
Overview
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The Railroads
Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway, 1883-1897 — Information about Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway, which built the line from Salt Lake City to Sugar House
Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway Locomotives — A roster listing of the road's locomotives.
Salt Lake & Eastern Railway, 1888-1890 — Information about Salt Lake & Eastern Railway, which built from Sugarhouse to Park City, by way of Parley's Canyon.
Utah Western Railway, 1889-1890 — Information about the projected and only partially completed line northwest from Salt Lake City to Great Salt Lake.
Utah Central Railway, 1890-1897 — Information about the consolidated company formed in 1890 that included the Salt Lake & Eastern Railway from Sugar House east to Park City, and the portion of the Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway from its Rio Grande connection east to the junction at Ninth East and Tenth South.
Utah Central Railway, 1890-1897 Locomotives — A roster listing of the road's locomotives.
Utah Central Railroad, 1897-1908 — Information about the Rio Grande-controlled company that purchased the bankrupt Utah Central Railway.
Utah Central Railroad, 1897-1908, Locomotives — A roster listing of the road's locomotives.
Maps
Map — A Google Map of the SL&FD/SL&E route
Map — A map from an 1890 Journal of Commerce showing the area around Ninth South and Tenth East.
Other Sources
Marlow C. Adkins' research — Information about the railroads built by John W. Young, including the Salt Lake & Fort Douglas Railway.
Timeline
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