Narrow Gauge Railroads of Utah
Logging Railroads.
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Mining Railroads.
Eureka Hill Railway.
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.
American Fork to Deer Creek, Utah County. 1872 - 1878
Industrial Railroads.
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