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South of Downtown

Doug Harrop Photography • February 24, 1978

 

Less than half a mile from a junction with the Passenger Main, Union Pacific's SCPV rolls down the Provo Subdivision through Salt Lake City's Ballpark neighborhood at 13th South and 2nd West.

 

The circular building above DD35A No. 75's cab is the Salt Palace, home to the Utah Stars (later Utah Jazz) basketball team, and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles hockey team. The structure opened in 1969 and was demolished in 1994.

 

Today this right of way is owned by the Utah Transit Authority. Opening for service late in 1999, today this is a very busy section of the combined Blue, Red, and Green lines, with light rail transit reaching the south, east, and west areas of the Salt Lake Valley, most of it on former Rio Grande and Union Pacific right of ways.

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Taken on February 24, 1978