Park City's Last Train
More than 105 years after the Summit County Railroad (later, Union Pacific) and Utah Eastern Railroad (later, Rio Grande) reached Park City for the first time, a Union Pacific local departs the world famous mining and skiing destination for the last time on June 30, 1986. There was no acknowledgment of the event officially that day. My dad and I just happened to be there, following one of the last trains to the phosphate rock transfer site at nearby Phoston. We spoke with the conductor as UP 3150 retrieved two empties from Anderson Lumber on Bonanza Drive, and departed for Keetley Junction. Transformation from a Wild West mining town to a world-class winter and summer tourist destination was already underway, and the existence of a railroad was not part of the master plan. The old UP right of way was preserved all the way to Echo for recreational use as the Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail.
Park City's Last Train
More than 105 years after the Summit County Railroad (later, Union Pacific) and Utah Eastern Railroad (later, Rio Grande) reached Park City for the first time, a Union Pacific local departs the world famous mining and skiing destination for the last time on June 30, 1986. There was no acknowledgment of the event officially that day. My dad and I just happened to be there, following one of the last trains to the phosphate rock transfer site at nearby Phoston. We spoke with the conductor as UP 3150 retrieved two empties from Anderson Lumber on Bonanza Drive, and departed for Keetley Junction. Transformation from a Wild West mining town to a world-class winter and summer tourist destination was already underway, and the existence of a railroad was not part of the master plan. The old UP right of way was preserved all the way to Echo for recreational use as the Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail.