Common Carrier Railroads of Utah
Common Carrier Railroads.
American Fork Railroad.
36in Gauge. Constructed to connect with the Sultana Mill at Forest City in the American Fork canyon. The line came within 4 miles of it's goal terminating at Deer Creek and operated on 5.5% grades up the narrow canyon. By 1876 the local mining activity went into decline and the road turned to tourism unsuccessfully before succumbing to debtors.
American Fork to Deer Creek, Utah County. 1872 - 1878
Salt Lake, Sevier Valley & Pioche Railroad.
36in Gauge. Organized by Salt Lake City businessmen to build west from Salt Lake City to Lake Point, Tooele, Stockton and the Tintic mining region to the south. The company planned to build as far as Pioche, Nevada. Financial setbacks slowed work on the railroad and it was reorganized as the Utah Western Railway in 1874.
Salt Lake City to Stockton (Proposed), Salt Lake and Tooele Counties. 1871 - 1874
Utah & Northern Railway.
36in Gauge.
Ogden to Garrison, Montana. 1878 - 1889
Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway.
36in Gauge. Organized by the Packard Brothers of Springville Utah to access their coal claims in the Pleasant Valley, but no significant construction was accomplished until the company was bought by Charles Scofield.
Provo to Scofield, Utah County. 1875 - 1881