Utah Northern/OSL

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Uncle Jake

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Utah Northern/OSL

Posted by Uncle Jake on Monday, January 26, 2015 9:45 PM

What year or years was the Utah Northern between Ogden UT and Silver Bow MT converted from narrow guage to standard guage? Thanks!

Deggesty

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, January 26, 2015 10:00 PM

According to the information in http://utahrails.net/ogden/ogden-utah-northern.php the conversion to standard gauge was in 1890.

Johnny

Uncle Jake

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Posted by Uncle Jake on Monday, January 26, 2015 10:05 PM

Thank you! After I posted I decided to look it up on Wikipedia and found the same site.

Uncle Jake

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Posted by Uncle Jake on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 9:45 PM

Further investigation shows that the 246 miles from Pocatello I'd to Silver Bow MT were converted on July 25, 1887 in just 5 hours. There was a crew every 6 miles and the shortest time for one segment was 3 hrs 43 min. That's 1.6 miles per hour! Those guys were working! The line from Pocatello to Ogden was converted in 1890.