What Lies Beneath the Weeds
Grass fires set by railroad equipment can be quite destructive. Sometimes, they reveal things hidden in the weeds. Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 breezes through Provo, Utah the morning of July 23, 1988. A recent fire revealed the former Salt Lake & Utah Railroad interurban track just south of the Provo River bridge and west of downtown. The Rio Grande acquired 6.6 miles of this track in 1946 to access a chemical plant and several fruit packing houses in the city of Orem, abandoned in 1972. A mile was saved as a 'drill track' to access the old interchange yard at Provo Junction.
What Lies Beneath the Weeds
Grass fires set by railroad equipment can be quite destructive. Sometimes, they reveal things hidden in the weeds. Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 6 breezes through Provo, Utah the morning of July 23, 1988. A recent fire revealed the former Salt Lake & Utah Railroad interurban track just south of the Provo River bridge and west of downtown. The Rio Grande acquired 6.6 miles of this track in 1946 to access a chemical plant and several fruit packing houses in the city of Orem, abandoned in 1972. A mile was saved as a 'drill track' to access the old interchange yard at Provo Junction.