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<span class="rltitle">[[Alta Scenic Railway|Alta Scenic Railway.]]</span><br />
<span class="rltitle">[[Interstate Brick Company|Interstate Brick.]]</span><br />
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'''[[:Category:24in Gauge Railroads|24in Gauge]].''' Known locally as the Trolley, this two-foot-gauge railroad was built to serve the clay pits and kilns of the Interstate Brick Company in Salt Lake City. Originally operating with mules, it was electrified in 1912.
<span class="rlbottom">Wasatch to Alta, Salt Lake County. 1925.</span>
<span class="rlbottom">1700 East Salt Lake City to Interstate Brick plant, Salt Lake County. 1898 - 1945</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Crescent Tram|Crescent Tram.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:30in Gauge Railroads|30in Gauge]].''' 
<span class="rlbottom">Park City (Mill Site) to Crescent Mine, Summit County. 1884 - 1900.</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Eureka Hill Railroad|Eureka Hill Railroad.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' Constructed to serve the mines and Tintic smelter around Silver City held by Jesse Knight. Trains pulled by Shay locomotives operated up grades as steep as 5% bringing ore down the mountain to the smelter. The operation was profitable most of its life until the mines began to close in 1917. By 1928 the line filed for abandonment but remained in place until 1937.
<span class="rlbottom">Silver City to Colorado Shaft No. 4, Juab and Utah Counties. 1907 - 1937.</span>
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<span class="rltitle">[[Little Cottonwood Transportation Company|Little Cottonwood Transportation Company.]]</span><br />
'''[[:Category:36in Gauge Railroads|36in Gauge]].''' 
<span class="rlbottom">Wasatch to Alta, Salt Lake County. 1916 - 1925.</span>
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Industrial Railroads.

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Interstate Brick.
24in Gauge. Known locally as the Trolley, this two-foot-gauge railroad was built to serve the clay pits and kilns of the Interstate Brick Company in Salt Lake City. Originally operating with mules, it was electrified in 1912. 1700 East Salt Lake City to Interstate Brick plant, Salt Lake County. 1898 - 1945


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