Why the future of Caltrain is being built in Salt Lake City, Utah

By Casey Tolan, Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News; February 17, 2019 SALT LAKE CITY — The future of…

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Utah Governor Herbert officially declares 2019 as the ‘Year of the Train’

By MITCH SHAW Standard-Examiner; February 2, 2019 SALT LAKE CITY — 2019 is officially train time in Utah. With a…

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The centennial of the transcontinental railroad all but excluded the Chinese workers who helped build it. As Utah marks the 150th anniversary, their stories are being told.

By Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune; February 3, 2019 They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial…

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Utah: Ogden City hopes Golden Spike sesquicentennial will boost long-discussed Union Station renovation plan

By Mitch Shaw, Standard-Examiner; January 2, 2019 OGDEN — Ogden City hopes a captive audience with Union Pacific’s top executives…

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Gust of wind a possible reason for 23-car Union Pacific train derailment in Utah

By Rhett Wilkinson, Staff Reporter, Millard County Chronicle Progress; September 4, 2018 Citing “Mother Nature,” “mixed freight” was damaged after…

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From Union Pacific Railroad – The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; July 16, 2018: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE: October 6, 2018 – January…

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Proposals from Utah artists requested for Golden Spike celebration

From Deseret News; May 24, 2018 SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Heritage and Arts is accepting artist…

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State lawmakers pull the plug on Utah Transit Authority name change

By Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News; May 16, 2018 SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers confirmed Wednesday they’re pulling the plug…

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Utah: Pleasant View FrontRunner station closing in August due to new safety rules

By Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner; February 17, 2018 PLEASANT VIEW — FrontRunner commuter rail service to Pleasant View, with the lowest…

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Unusually warm weather lays bare a photo shoot on a Union Pacific trestle in Utah

By David Wells, Fox 13 Salt Lake City; November 22, 2017 MORGAN COUNTY, Utah — Deputies in Morgan County arrested…

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Utah: Stadler Rail picks Salt Lake City for new rail plant, Clearfield site nixed

By TIM VANDENACK, Staff, Standard-Examiner; October 9, 2017 CLEARFIELD — A Swiss train manufacturing company that had eyed Clearfield as…

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