Talk:Utah Division (D&RGW)

Woodside to Grassy Trail

Trying to figure out when this was moved away from the Price River...

• 1902: old?
• 1902: old
• 1904: old
• 1904: new?
• 1910: old
• 1913: new
• 1923: new; shows rail being laid in 1905
• 1940: new, but part of the old shown as a spur

[1] says it was done as part of the NG-SG conversion, which makes sense. [2] appears to confirm this. --NE2 19:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Branches

The source for changes up to 1970 is LeMassena and the track profiles. Major branches (long or otherwise major) are bolded.

• Grand Junction to Sugar Works: RGW/D&RG/CM joint trackage in 1899, removed in 1922
• Cane Creek Branch, Brendel to Potash: built in 1962
• Sunnyside Branch, Mounds to Sunnyside: built in 1899, realigned near Columbia Junction in 1943
• CV Spur: built ?
• Spring Canyon Branch, Spring Canyon Junction to Mutual: built from Spring Canyon Junction to Storrs in 1913, acquired extension to Standardville from Standard Coal in 1917, acquired extension to Rains (Mutual?) from Carbon Fuel in 1919, removed ?
• Kenilworth Branch, Kenilworth Junction to Kenilworth: built in 1926, removed ?
• Jennings and Potter's Quarry Branch, Jennings Junction to Potters Quarry: built from Jennings Junction to Jennings Quarry in 1892, extended to Potters Quarry in 1900, removed in 1917
• Pleasant Valley Branch, Colton to Clear Creek: Tucker to Utah Mine? acquired NG from U&PV in 1882, realigned NG from Colton to Scofield in 1882, SG in 1890, extended to Clear Creek #2 in 1899, realigned from Hale to Scofield in 1925
  • Winter Quarters Spur, Scofield to Winter Quarters: built in 1891, removed in 1933
  • Scofield to UP Coal Mine: built in 1902, removed in 1933
• Marysvale Branch, Thistle to Marysvale: built NG from Thistle to Manti in 1890, SG in 1891, extended to Salina in 1891, extended to Belknap in 1896, extended to Marysvale in 1900, removed in 1986
  • San Pete Valley Branch, Ephraim to Nephi: acquired from SPV in 1907, removed short piece at Ephraim in 1945, removed from Moroni to Nephi in 1948, removed in 1986?
    • Morrison Branch, Ephraim to Sterling: acquired from SPV in 1907, removed from Manti to Sterling in 1917, removed in 1925
  • Gunnison (Spearmint) to Gunnison Sugar Mills: built in 1916, removed in 1986?
  • Castle Valley Branch, Salina to Nioche: built in 1903, washed out in 1904, rebuilt in 1913/1921/1922/1923/1925/1926/1929 from Salina to Crystal, removed from Crystal to Nioche in 1936, removed in 1942
  • Sigurd to J&K Mills: built in 1909, removed in 1986?
• Diamond Junction to Diamond Quarry: built NG in 1887, SG in 1890, removed in 1900
• Tintic Branch, Springville to Silver City: built from Springville to Eureka in 1891, extended to Mammoth Junction in 1892, extended to Silver City and beyond to mills in 1893, removed from Silver City to mills in 1896, realigned near Homansville in 1924, realigned from Laguna to Canyon Siding in 1940, removed from Eureka to Silver City in 1943
  • Springville to Sugar Factory: built in 1900
  • Goshen Valley Branch, Pearl to Dividend: acquired from GV in 1927
    • Goshen Valley Branch, Flora to Iron King: acquired from GV in 1927
  • Summit to Keystone Mine: built in 1901
  • Summit to E&BB Mine: built in 1909
  • Mammoth Spur, Mammoth Junction to Mammoth Mill: OSL joint trackage in 1892
• Provo Canyon Branch, Provo to Heber: built in 1899, realigned from Vivian Park to Charleston in 1941, sold to Wasatch Mountain from Olmstead to Heber in 1970, removed ?
• Orem Branch, Provo Junction to Orem: acquired from SL&U in 1946, removed ?
• Bingham Branch, Midvale to Bingham: acquired NG from BC&CF in 1881, SG in 1890, extended NG to Copperfield in 1891, SG from Bingham to Copperfield in 1901? 1906?, extended to Old Jordan and Commercial Mines in 1901, second track (Bingham Branch Extension) built from Loline Junction to Copper Belt Junction in 1906, second track built from Welby to Loline Junction in 1910 (this map helps visualize some of the branches) this needs processing: Copper Belt Junction to Bingham and Bingham to Yampa Smelter removed in 1924, portions of low grade line between Loline Junction and Cuprum removed between 1924 and 1928, Upper Junction to Midas (4 mi) built in 1929 on an adjacent grade and removed in 1931, realigned west of Dalton in 1965
  • Garfield Beach Extension, Welby to Garfield: built in 1905
  • Dalton and Lark Spur, Dalton to Lark: acquired from Bingham Consolidated in 1903, realigned from Snyder to Lark in 1954
• Little Cottonwood Branch, Midvale to Alta: acquired NG from W&JV in 1881, SG from Midvale to Wasatch in 1890, removed from Sand Pit to Alta in 1934, removed from Sandy to Sand Pit in 1943, removed from Midvale to Sandy in 1964
• Park City Branch, Roper to Park City: acquired NG from Salt Lake City to Park City from SL&FD/SL&E in 1898, realigned SG from Roper to Sugar House in 1900, SG from Sugar House to Park City in 1900, removed from Cement Quarry to Park City in 1946, removed from Alexander to Cement Quarry in 1956, removed from Sugar House to Alexander in 1957
  • Lincoln Park Junction to Red Butte: acquired NG from SL&FD in 1898, removed in 1898
    • Fort Douglas to Emigration: acquired NG from SL&FD in 1898, removed in 1898
  • Mill Creek to Wilford: acquired 3R? from UC in 1898
  • Metropolitan Junction to Metropolitan Quarry: built in 1901
  • Park City to Ontario Tunnel: UP joint trackage in 1900
• Roper to Ordnance Plant: WP joint trackage in 1942
• 200 West: acquired from Bamberger in 1958
• Copper Plant Junction to Copper Plant: built in 1893
• Stockyards Junction to Stockyards: OSL joint trackage in 1892
  • Stockyards to North Salt Lake Elevator: built in 1901
• Lake Park Branch, Lake Park Junction to Lake Park: built NG in 1887, SG in 1889, removed in 1925
• Hooper Branch, Roy to Cox: built from Roy to Hooper in 1905, extended to Cox in 1917, removed from Hooper to Cox in 1952
  • Kingsville Junction to Kingsville: built in 1917, removed in 1956
    • Kingsville? to Farnsworth: built in 1937, removed in 1956
• Ogden Sugar Junction to Ogden Sugar Works: OSL joint trackage in 1899

[3] may help; the relevant portion is at User:NE2/D&RGW branches. --NE2 00:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)