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Intermountain Railroads Standard and Narrow Gauge by Merrill D. Beal w/dust jack
Intermountain Railroads Standard and Narrow Gauge by Merrill D. Beal
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
By Merrill D. Beal
Copyright 1962
252 pages
I ORGANIZING THE UTAH NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY Utah Freighters on the Montana Trail. Preston Appeals to Brigham Young. The Merits of the Narrow Gauge.
II BUILDING THE UTAH NORTHERN FROM OGDEN TO FRANKLIN - - - - 13 Piecemeal Operations. Construction from Brigham City to Ogden. The Branch Line to Corinne. Utah Northern Operations Push Construction.
III THE REORGANIZATION OF THE UTAH NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY - 34 Jay Gould Lends a Hand. Professionals Acquire the Utah Northern.
IV THE UTAH & NORTHERN CROSSES IDAHO 44 While Idahoans Talk Trains Toot. Construction Methods and Management. Progress from Station to Station. The Indian Reservation Problem. From Blackfoot to Monida Pass.
V BUILDING THE MONTANA LINK - - 73 Negotiations for Financial Aid. Various Plans and Accomplishments. Approaching the Goals. The Extension from Butte to Garrison.
VI THE UTAH & NORTHERN IN OPERATION 94 An Impetus to Yellowstone National Park Travel. Utah & Northern Impact upon Business. Hazards and Mishaps on the Narrow Gauge.
VII THE UTAH & NORTHERN STIMULATES IDAHO SETTLEMENT 117 Evanescent Mining Activity. Magnitude of the Utah Migration. Early Advantages of the Upper Valley. Social Influences of the Utah & Northern.
VIII IDAHO RAILROAD MERGERS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY 133 Securing Indian Reservation Rights-of-Way.
IX THE OREGON SHORT LINE REACHES POCATELLO 141 The Oregon Short Line Is Launched. Headquarters Move from Eagle Rock to Pocatello. Portrait of Pioneer Pocatello. Conversion from Narrow to Standard Gauge. Disposal of Utah & Northern Equipment.
X BUILDING THE OREGON SHORT LINE FROM POCATELLO TO OREGON - - 177 Progress upon the Snake River Plains. Operations on the Oregon Short Line. The Hugh Whitney Case. Wrecks on the Oregon Short Line.
XI BUILDING BRANCH LINES FOR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD - - - 196 The Idaho Central Railway. Boise City Railway and Terminal Company. Idaho Northern Railway Company, Limited. Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad Company. Payette Valley Railroad Company. Payette Valley Extension Railroad Company. Salmon River Railroad Company. Malad Valley Railroad Company. Minidoka and Southwestern Railroad Company. Central Idaho Railroad Company. Salt Lake and Idaho Railroad Company. St. Anthony Railroad Company. Yellowstone Park Railroad Company. Additional Branches and Extensions. The Main Union Pacific Line Enters Boise.
XII UNION PACIFIC OPERATIONS IN IDAHO 214 Idaho Deserts Blossom. Pocatello Railroad Activities. New Equipment and Facilities. Public Relations and Services.
XIII RAILROADS IN NORTH IDAHO - - - 226 Early Northern Pacific Railroad Advocates. The Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Northern Pacific Construction is Launched. Frederick Billings Assumes Leadership. Henry Villard Succeeds Billings. The Gold Creek Special Celebration. Northern Pacific Branch Lines in Idaho. Spokane Falls & Idaho Railroad. Spokane & Palouse Railroad. The Great Northern Railroad. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. Independent Railroads in North Idaho.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Locomotive Engine Types, by A. L. LillibridgeFrontispiece
Brigham Young xx
John W. Young 5
William B. Preston6
Standard and Narrow Gauge Rails9
Franklin D. Richards12
James H. Martineau14
Logan, Utah, about 1878 18
Utah Northern Freight Depot, Logan, Utah19
Corinne Railroad Building 23
"Franklin," Utah Northern Engine28
Evan Jones, Utah Northern Engineer29
Utah Northern Engine No. 1131
Dr. F. V. Hayden's Sketch of Portneuf Canyon, 187245
Utah and Northern Construction Train in Portneuf Canyon57
Albert E. Lyon's Map, 187963
Utah & Northern Engine on Bridge at Eagle Rock - -66
Eagle Rock Bridge, Snake River, Idaho67
Utah & Northern Forge and Shops, Eagle Rock, 188S-68
Sketch of Market Lake Station69
Eating House, Lima, Montana 84
Dillon, Montana, 188486
Garrison, Montana, End of the Utah & Northern Line -89
Utah & Northern Narrow Gauge, Series No. 3- - -95
Utah & Northern Narrow Gauge, Series No. 4 - - -96
Route of the Utah Northern Railway, by A. L. Lillibridge98
Stagecoach Barn at Monida 101
Lake View Stage Station, Centennial Valley, Montana- 102
Red Rock and Swan Lake, Idaho 104
In Portneuf Valley, Idaho 105
Helper "Hog" Used at Beaver Canyon 110
Narrow Gauge Snow Plow Attached to Brooks Engine No. 85 111
Union Pacific Engine No. 699 with Indians on Pilot - - 138
Oregon Short Line Engine No. 964, 1885 146
Oregon Short Line Engine No. 1455, 1904- - - - 147
Union Pacific Engine, McCammon, Idaho, 1892- - - 150
Pocatello Scene Showing Combined Gauges and Ramsay - 151
Pocatello Junction, 1885 154
Pocatello Depot, 1885 155
Narrow and Standard Gauge Engines, Pocatello, 1887- 157
Utah & Northern Machine Shop, Pocatello, 1900 - - - 160
Pocatello Round House, 1908 161
Oregon Short Line Engine No. 314, 1904 168
Utah & Northern Broad Gauge Engine, Series No. 5 169
Utah & Northern Narrow Gauge Train Serving Sumpter Valley, Baker, Oregon 172
Union Pacific Engine No. 947, at Idaho State College, 1941 173
President Lincoln's Funeral Car 175
Second Oregon Short Line Bridge Across Snake River at American Falls 178
Third American Falls Bridge, 1927 179
Jay Gould, Mrs. Gould, and Associates at "Sun Valley," 1888 180
Edgar E. Calvin, President, Union Pacific Railroad, 1916-1918 189
Oregon Short Line Brakeman 194
Steam Rotary, Teton Valley, 1918 206
Rotary Snow Plow Approaching Yellowstone National Park 207
Yellowstone National Park Line Snow Corridor - - - 208
Oregon Short Line Engine No. 650, 1904 216
Union Pacific Engine No. 589, 1890 (Oregon Short Line & Utah & Northern) 217
Pocatello Freight Yards, 1941 220
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
The day Brigham Young was informed that Union Pacific officials had elected to run north instead of south of Great Salt Lake, he said, "If the company which first arrives should deem it to their advantage to leave us out in the cold, we will not be so far off but we can have a branch line for the advantage of this city."
Thus was the Intermountain colonizer provoked to launch the Church of JChrist of Latter-day Saints in the field of railroad building. Between 1869 and 1882 the church constructed and operated a network of 376 miles of railroad in Utah Territory. The lines were the Utah Central, Utah Southern, Utah Eastern, Utah Western, and Utah & Northern railroads.
The latter, a narrow gauge, linked Ogden, Utah, with Franklin, Idaho, and was destined to serve the pioneers of Utah, Idaho, and Montana. By 1884, the Utah & Northern was operating between Ogden, Utah, and Garrison, Montana, a distance of 466 miles.
Although the story of the Utah & Northern narrow gauge is well established as a tri-state tradition, this is the first recorded telling in book form. Ample source material has existed in newspapers at Salt Lake City, Boise, Butte, Helena, and Deer Lodge, but no one had delved into the accounts until Dr. Beal became interested in the subject.
A richly qualified and effective historian, Dr. Beal has captured the spirit of the intermountain railroading frontier just as his Story of Man in Yellowstone disclosed the high adventure of the development of Wonderland. INTERMOUNTAIN RAILROADS, STANDARD AND NARROW GAUGE is a "must" as a railroad reference volume, and to the adult reader it offers a unified, accurate, and entertaining account of railway transportation developments in the Rocky Mountain area.
The author's first plan was to confine the history to the Utah & Northern narrow gauge, but the interests of logic and unity forced an extension. Accordingly, a history of the Oregon Short Line was included. Then brief accounts of the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroads were added, together with material on their branch lines in the intermountain region.
The book is recommended reading. It dips deeply into the transportation roots of Idaho, Utah, and Montana, and will serve as an informative source of information on the origin of a number of place names.
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