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Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company Union Pacific's Historic Salt Lake Ro
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company Union Pacifics Historic Salt Lake Route by John Signor
Hard cover with Dust Jacket. (HAS SOME DAMAGE)
256 pages.
Copyright 1988
Los Angles and Salt Lake Railroad Company By John R. Signor Hard Cover
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company
Union Pacifics Historic Salt Lake Route
John R. Signor
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
256 Pages
Copyright 1988
Contents
Introduction 9
1 - From Trail to Rail: Early Development Along the Salt Lake Route 11
2 - The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company:
Completion and Early Operation 37
3 - The 'Pedro Comes of Age: Union Pacific Assumes Control 89
4 - The L.A. & S.L.: Road of the Streamliners 159
5 - The California Division: Freeway for Freight 203
Appendix 231
Selected Timetables 232
Locomotives of the Salt Lake Route 241
Acknowledgements 249
Bibliography 251
General/Railroad Index 255
Today's Union Pacific is one of the most modern and prosperous railroads in America, and its 780-mile line, running between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, is evidence of this fact. The Salt Lake Route began life as the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, a route closely following the old Mormon 'frail. The inspiration and motivating force for this railroad was Senator William A. Clark of Montana, a celebrated mining speculator, newspaper publisher, politician, railroad builder and capitalist.
This story begins with the formation of the line, the background of pre-existent railroads in California and Utah and their merger into the Salt Lake Route. Presented in detail is the early construction at both ends of the line, building the right-of-way through Clover Canyon and Meadow Valley Wash, extension of tracks into Utah's Tintic Mining District, construction across the great American desert, trackage rights from the Santa Fe over Cajon Pass, purchase of the Los Angeles 'Terminal in order to secure access to Los Angeles Harbor and establishment of the famous Los Angeles Limited.
Described is the influence of Edward H. Harriman, how he obtained 50 percent control over the Salt Lake Route, and the eventual merger into the Union Pacific system, thus forming the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. You will learn about the battles against floods in Meadow Valley Wash and Afton Canyon, all about freight and passenger trains and their operation, dispatching problems on single track and early signalling, the Mission style stations, tunnels and bridges, shops and physical plant. Not forgotten are the giant steam locomotives, the water problems which brought about early dieselization, the services to Zion, Bryce, Cedar Breaks and the Grand Canyon, development of the desert helper district and the discovery of oil on Terminal Island.
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