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On May 10, 1869, a beautiful springtime afternoon just perfect for a nuptial ceremony, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the wedding of the rails at Promontory Summit. Three special [...]

FOUNDED IN 1869 ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE BEAR RIVER, the town of Corinne, Utah, became a transfer point for rail-to-river shipments of general merchandise and mining supplies into [...]

Utah Railway Alco RSD4 No. 302 navigates the Denver & Rio Grande Western transfer lead on a snowy Nov. 27, 1975, morning in Provo, Utah.--Photo by James Belmont ---------- Please [...]

The 1,500 ton-per-day mill was opened on Sept. 14, 1957, to concentrate uranium oxide from uranium ore mined at the famous Mi Vida Mine east of Moab, along with other mines in the area. Features Just a stone's throw from where Edward Abbey wrote "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness", the sun rises over towering slickrock cliffs above the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. The project included a flotation processing plant at the mine to refine the potash from other unwanted minerals in the salt beds, an 18-mile highway reaching the mine site from Moab, and a 36-mile rail spur reaching the mine from the Denver & Rio Grande Western main line at Brendel, Utah. Intrepid's solution mine, 30 miles east of Carlsbad, N.M., produces potash from an underground solution mine and ships to markets via BNSF. [Extracted from the article]

Features Collection of David Baer Just as World War II was ending in 1945, Jim Aldridge was born in Pittsburgh. Jim enjoyed photographing the Utah Railway's unique fleet of Alco diesels lugging coal trains up the grade to Soldier Summit. Jim Aldridge died in 2019, but this gallery, provided by his friend David Baer of Pennsylvania, is a sampling of Jim's coverage of Utah's colorful rail scene during the 1970s. [Extracted from the article]

If you like sweeping curves, fast moving trains, and communing with nature, the Jordan Narrows is the place for you. Located halfway between Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, the [...]

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CITY: Salt Lake City was first settled in 1847, with Union Pacific Railroad rails reaching the Salt Lake Valley in 1870. The Denver & Rio Grande Western arrived in 1883, [...]

Departments Classics Today Where to find living railroad history From its inaugural train, Utah's first tourist line has faced big challenges. Seventy-two years earlier, a Rio Grande Western subsidiary began construction of the line through Provo Canyon from the main line at Provo northeast to Heber City. PHOTO (COLOR): In 1986, when Deer Creek Scenic Railroad operated the Heber City line, SP 2-6-0 1744 and UP NW2 1000, pull a train along Deer Creek Reservoir. [Extracted from the article]

The synthesis of hydrophilic carbon black composites by grafting 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) from functionalized carbon black using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is reported. The polymerizations were performed in methanol/water mixtures near ambient temperatures using CuBr/CuBr2/2,2‘-bipyridine as the catalytic system. Under acidic conditions or upon quaternization with ethyl bromide, the polymer-bound carbon black can form stable dispersions in water. TGA, light scattering, and AFM were used to characterize the polymer bound carbon black. 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was random and block copolymerized with DMAEMA to form functional carbon black nanocomposites.

The article offers travel tips for the Jordan narrows located halfway between Salt Lake City and Provo in Utah; topics include mountains, construction of railroads that converted to standard gauge in 1889, and hiking into the narrows via the Utah and Salt Lake canal trail.

The article focuses on railroads in Salt Lake City, Utah including place to watch train activities, railroad yards and frequencies at yards.