bcp Wrote:
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> davidtltc Wrote:
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> ... it's true origin--Utah Central 1-
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> This Utah Central #1?
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> [attachment 74972 440-Utah-Central-1.jpg]
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> Bruce
That was possibly the first Utah Central #1, Bruce, I'm still digging. I quoted what was listed in the book, it's not my own words but the author of the book Colorado's Mountain Railroads, by Robert LeMassesa, that's why I had it in quotes. If you look in the picture on the upper left corner is exactly what I typed out. In Utah Rails.com I found this quote Bruce.
(The September 1869 settlement for the grading contracts in Boston also provided the Utah Central with its first locomotive in October 1869, as Utah Central number 1, formerly Union Pacific number 15. During January, a second locomotive, Utah Central 2, was delivered new.)
July 1881
Utah Central Railroad merged with the Utah Southern Railroad and the Utah Southern Railroad Extension to form a new, Union Pacific-controlled, Utah Central Railway.
February 1, 1901
RGW (as the Utah Central Railroad) and Union Pacific signed an agreement for the joint construction, ownership and operation of the 1.57-mile Ontario Spur, running from Park City, to the mouth of the Ontario mine. The spur was built by Union Pacific, and Utah Central reimbursed UP for the its half of the cost. Operation of the spur was alternated on an annual basis, with UP operating the spur until June 30, 1902. It then changed each year on July 1st. (D&RGW Treasurer's Contract No. 1941, dated February 1, 1901)
Still a Student,
Dave
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