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Passengers and freight board the U.I.C. #500 on Main Street in Logan, Utah on October 16, 1945. Edwards Furniture, Standard Stations Inc., the Logan Temple, the Logan Tabernacle, and a Coca Cola advertisement can be seen in the background.
The U.I.C. #514 and passenger car stopped at the Preston Station in Idaho on October 16, 1945. A lumber company and advertisement for coal can be seen behind the engine. Also visible is the logo sign of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad on the…
U.I.C. engines #500 and #503 parked in the train yard at the Preston, Idaho Station on October 16, 1945. A railroad worker is seen working in the yard. A grain elevator with the label "The Inter-Ocean Elevators" can be seen in the background.
A PDF Layout of information regarding the Logan Rapid Transit Lines on Center Street in Logan, Utah as published by The Herald Journal on August 6, 2019. The document shows historical images and images of items as found during contemporary…
A Logan Republican newspaper article dated August 31, 1911 reporting rumors of David Eccles' plans to connect the Ogden and Logan Rapid Transit Companies to form a new interurban line. The article notes the grade and route most likely to be used by…
Newspaper article from the Logan Republican dated September 2, 1911. This article reports that M.J. Golightly's franchise for an interurban was granted, providing a certainty that Cache Valley would have its own interurban line with potential…
The Logan Republican reported on January 18, 1912 an article titled "Complete History of Franchise Turn Down." This article includes a petition and the reasoning behind the rejection of a franchise to David Eccles and the Logan Rapid Transit Company…
On February 6, 1912 the Logan Republican reported an article titled, "Important Inter-Urban Franchises Granted." Hyde Park and Providence, Utah had both agreed to provide franchises to David Eccles and the Logan Rapid Transit Company for expansion…
By May 2, 1912, David Eccles and the Logan Rapid Transit Company had been hard at work expanding their rail lines and creating an interurban system. The Logan Republican reported on this day that M.J. Golightly would also be granted a franchise by…
On June 25, 1912 the Logan Republican reported an article titled "Interurban Well Under Way Eccles People Going Right Ahead" in response to rumors that the L.R.T. expansion project had stalled. This article reports the reach of the lines to that…
The merger of the O.R.T. and L.R.T. sparked excitement in Cache Valley and was reported by the Logan Republican in this article on February 27, 1913. The article states that the operation of the first trains for this line was expected by the end of…
By May 17, 1913 work was being rushed by the Eccles Corporation to complete the expansion of the interurban lines to Providence by the following week. The Logan Republican reported that the first cars would be able to run the following week and that…
On May 20, 1913 the Logan Republican printed this article noting the completion of the Logan Rapid Transit Company lines to Providence. As a result, the community of Providence planned a celebration that evening for everyone in the surrounding…
The Logan Republican reported on October 17, 1914 that the lines of the Ogden Rapid Transit Company and the Logan Rapid Transit Company would be consolidated into the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company. At this point, the proposed route for…
Following the consolidation of the Rapid Transit Companies and the construction of the O.L.I. lines, the O.L.I. management announced that they would extend the lines to Preston, Idaho. In Preston there would be a high quality depot and repair shop…
As late as February 6, 1915, the directors of the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company finally settled on the route for the rail line between Ogden and Logan. After deliberation, the Logan Republican reported that the directors had decided on the…
On October 12, 1915 it was reported by the Logan Republican that the O.L.I. had purchased a large area of land on South Main Street for the purpose of constructing a freight depot and rail yards for the maintenance and operation of the new Ogden,…
The Logan Republican printed a photo and description of the new Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company’s station in Logan on September 5, 1916. The building was noted for its architecture and quality. It also housed a number of businesses in its…
This December 19, 1916 article from the Logan Republican reports on the expansion and opportunities granted to northern Utah, Cache Valley, and the Ogden area by the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company and its developments. Comments are made about…
As business increased and became a higher demand, the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company purchased additional railroad engines and cars to better meet the demand. The Logan Republican reported on November 8, 1917 that new electric locomotive…
To provide better service for customers, the O.L.I. implemented new heated railroad car technology to increase the quality of freight services provided by the railway company. The Logan Republican printed this article on December 11, 1917 to report…
The Logan Republican reported on December 18, 1917 that the name of the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company would change as January 1, 1918 to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company. It is reported that freight revenue losses due to the…
By mid 1919, the U.I.C. had reached a poor financial situation with a large revenue deficit that was affecting operation and maintenance of the railway. The Logan Republican reported on April 29, 1919 of the amount of the deficit, the assets of the…
By 1926, the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad felt that the streetcar operations were contributing to the monetary deficit experienced by the company throughout the early 1920s. On August 4, 1926 the Ogden Standard-Examiner reported that the U.I.C. sought…
A photo, taken by Howard Christenson, Chairman of the Providence Historic Preservation Commission, of the logo of the U.I.C. as seen on the floor of the Mendon Station.
The Providence Station of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. The station was located at Second West and Center Street in Providence Station. The station no longer stands, a pavilion at Zollinger Park now stands in its place. A station employee stands…
A U.I.C. engine and passenger car stopped in Providence. A man can be seen at far left unloading/loading freight from the train.
The U.I.C. engine #506 is inspected by a railroad worker in Providence, Utah.
A U.I.C. engine and passenger car stopped in Providence, near some houses, during the winter. Someone unloads/loads freight from the train at the rear of the car.
The U.I.C. engine #602 travels along a street in Providence.
This copy of a student ticket, originally included in a large book of student tickets, was used by a student of South Cache High School on February 17, 1932. The ticket allowed students to travel from their home station to the stop at the high…
On April 29, 1912 the Salt Lake Tribune reported concerning the competition between David Eccles and M.J. Golightly regarding interurban franchises in Cache County. This article details the approach of each and their interests, as well as the history…
David Eccles passed away on December 6, 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is reported by the Salt Lake Tribune in this article that he likely died from heart failure. The article reports the events surrounding his death, a brief accounting of his…
After his death, the news spread quickly to David Eccles' friends and family in Logan. This December 6, 1912 article reports that many responded with shock and disbelief. Eccles' second wife, Ellen, lived in Logan with her children. The article also…
The Salt Lake Tribune announced on March 11, 1913 the plans for the merger of the Ogden and Logan Rapid Transit Companies and the creation of an interurban system for northern Utah. This article reports on that decision and the increased capital…
Near the end of 1914, the construction of the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway lines was almost complete. This article from October 23, 1914 announces that the line should be completed by December 1 according to P.D. Kline who recently inspected the…
To avoid further confusion regarding shipping labels and other freight issues, the O.L.I. considered changing the name of the company and its initials. This December 12, 1917 article reports on the discussions taking place regarding this issue. It is…
This December 30, 1917 article confirms the rumors and announces an official change of the name of the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. It also elaborates on the reasoning behind the change, the products handled by…
Special train rates and schedules were often implemented by the railroad for events and conferences happening in Salt Lake City and other areas of northern Utah. This April 1, 1918 Salt Lake Tribune article advertises special train schedules for the…
The first services abandoned by the U.I.C. were the streetcar services that it offered in Logan, Brigham City, and Ogden. The Salt Lake Tribune reported in this article from August 21, 1919 that the Brigham City streetcar service would officially be…
While the U.I.C. abandoned its streetcar services in Brigham City and Logan, in Ogden the lines were sold off to a new company who continued to maintain and operate them: the Utah Rapid Transit Company. This was done to simplify the processes of both…
Twenty-seven pages of a survey report created by J.G. Gwyn on behalf of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. Gwyn was hired by the U.I.C. to survey a potential railroad route from Brigham City, through Kelton Pass, to Gooding, Idaho. These pages…
Three pages of a survey report created by J.G. Gwyn on behalf of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. Gwyn was hired by the U.I.C. to survey a potential railroad route from Brigham City, through Kelton Pass, to Gooding, Idaho. These pages represent the…
A letter from J.G. Gwyn to the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad following the completion of a survey report compiled to address the issue of expanding the U.I.C. Gwyn states that further expansion is possible to large population areas such as from Burley…
A profile map created by J.G. Gwyn as supplementary material to the survey report completed in March 1928. This map demonstrates the change in elevation that would influence the construction of a railroad grade between Brigham City, Utah and…
A survey map created by J.G. Gwyn as supplementary material to the survey report completed in March 1928. This map highlights the proposed route, surveyed areas, and the boundaries of the regions that the U.I.C. would serve in central and southern…
A poem, written by John Sorensen, concerning the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad and its relationship with the individuals and communities throughout rural northern Utah. John Sorensen received his Bachelor and Master of Science in English from Utah…
A history of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad, or "Galloping Goose" as it came to be nicknamed by locals, compiled by Blaine Lamb in Hyde Park, Utah. This history recounts the specific effects of the railroad on Hyde Park and North Logan, as well as…
An account of the U.I.C.'s Mendon Station, its service during the operation of the railroad, and its role as a community center during and after its use by the railroad company. This account was written by Zachary Jones and includes bibliographic…
