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Machines to Match the Mountains
You will find many historic locomotives and cars in our railyard.
The big locomotives were built for power. Turn to your left, look at the Wasatch Mountains, and you'll see why. They hauled heavy loads up the long, gradual slop from Utah to Wyoming, a climb of nearly 3000 feet (914 meters). They also traveled west over the Donner Summit to California, a climb of nearly 2800 feet (853 meters). These locomotives delivered everything; from coal and steel, to automobiles and jet engines, to mail and the Olympic flame. The small locomotives helped put trains together. Almost all of these locomotives and cars traveled through Ogden. Please enter our railyard to learn more about these historic machines. |