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This page was last updated on June 21, 2024.
Today's Railroads in Utah
Today's railroad companies in Utah: Since we do not represent any railroad in any way, please do not contact us with any concerns or issues about today's railroad companies. They can be contacted directly:
(Links are no longer active due to corporations changing their websites on a regular basis. We recommend using an online search tool, such as Google or Bing.)
BNSF Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Central Railway (Patriot Rail Corp., Ogden)
Utah Railway
Utah Transit Authority (TRAX light rail and Frontrunner commuter rail)
Other Utah Railroads Sites
KUED's Promontory -- KUED's production of "Promontory," produced in 2002. The program gives a good background and discussion of the last spike ceremony at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869, and attempts to answer the question of why Brigham Young did not attend the ceremony. Includes clips from an interview with Don Strack. Comments by Don Strack are at time stamp 10:03 and 17:48 (a total of about 15 seconds of air time).
Utah History Encyclopedia
Don Strack contributed articles about "Railroads In Utah" and "Utah's Canning Industry" in the Utah History Encyclopedia
(Originally published in Utah History Encyclopedia, University of Utah Press, 1994, ISBN 0-87480-425-6, pages 67-70 and pages 450-455)
(Read the online version of the Railroads In Utah article; as part of the online Utah History Encyclopedia)
(Read the online version of the Utah's Canning Industry article; as part of the online Utah History Encyclopedia)
Railroad Reference and Research
Poor's Manual of Railroads, at Pacific NG
Railroad Extra -- Thomas Ehenreich's archived website; mirrored at Timothy J. Mallery's Catskill Archive
AbandonedRails.com -- An excellent website showing maps of abandoned railroads.
Eric's Railroad Car History -- Eric Neubauer's research covering railroad cars. I find it especially useful for cars built by Pullman.
American Engineer and Railroad Journal -- A link to a query at Archive.org; Volume 67 (1893) to Volume 85 (1911)
ICC Reports -- Catalog record listing of the ICC Finance Reports available from HathiTrust, as "Full View" PDF files; Volume 1 (1887) through Volume 366 (1983)
History of Texas and Other Railroads -- Added in support of the requirements of Railroading Merit Badge for Boy Scouts.
High Deseret Rails -- Jeff Moore's excellent website about the railroads of Central and Eastern Oregon.
Copyright Information
Abandoned Web Sites
Oocities.org -- Archive versions of old GeoCities pages.
Reocities.com -- Archive versions of old GeoCities pages. (As of October 2018, the entire Reocities web site is no longer available)
Broken Link Finder
Xenu's Link Sleuth -- An online link checker and sitemap builder. Download and install the program. It really works.
YouTube Links
We Will Rock You -- The long version of a classic Pepsi commercial.
Two Steps From Hell 2012 Show Reel -- Trailer music at its best. (Lots more great music at their Youtube channel)
Wild Bunch, Washers -- A clip of a classic scene from one of the best westerns ever made.
Building New Borax Wagons -- A playlist of 37 videos at Engels Coach Shop in Joliet, Montana, showing how they built new Borax 20-Mule Team Borax wagons in 2016-2017. First the two Borax wagons (15 videos), then two years later, the water wagon (22 videos).
Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me -- Pulls you up when when you are depressed.
Rail Beast -- When vandals repainted UP SD70 2519 on September 8, 2017 to look like a tiger. It was stored at Lund, Utah, at the time, and by the end of September was en route to UP's main locomotive shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to be repainted back to standard UP colors.
Coca-Cola Happiness Machine -- Delivers happiness to college campuses.
Did You Know?
Fantastic video series, also known as "ShiftHappens," all about the convergence of technology and the constant change going on around us every day.
2008 -- Version 3.0
2009 -- Version 4.0
Other Links
Halo -- An index page of items (mostly online videos) for the Halo video game series.
TechTalk -- Descriptions of some of the tech stuff used to make UtahRails.net.
Testing At UtahRails -- Links to various test pages.
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