I was born and raised in Salt Lake and have always enjoyed the unique history of the city and how the it developed around the railroads. I've always felt that the city should use one of the old depots for their intended purpose; a transport hub. I gather from your video that that very idea might become a reality. Obviously, with the construction of the Gateway project, the UP depot is out of the running. But not so for the Rio Grande depot. I haven't lived in SLC for many years, so I am unaware of what is happening there in regard to transportation. It would be awesome if they returned the depot to it's former glory and purpose. I will follow the development of this with keen interest. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for making this!! Since I moved to SLC back in 2016 I have wondered the history of the Rio Grande Depot. I truly hope it can become a transit hub once again. I always look down 300S and think, "this would be quite the view if the city would integrate it once again. I truly wish we as a country would expand our passenger rail. If Utah would begin to expand our State sponsored rail we could become an example that freeways and cars are not the end all be all that people believe they are. Also thank goodness Rio Grande Depot, Ogden Union Station, and the Union Pacific Depot are still standing; unlike New York's original Penn Station and Columbus' Union Station.
A good story for sure, as a Ozzi tourist riding slamtrack from Seatle to The windy City I remember The Depot in Salt Lake City well, we got laid over by the depot around 10pm or just after on a Sunday night due to a derailment on U.P. I went in to the cafe car and had a coke of sorts and a hot dog , ( I got a really crook belly ache we wanted to go to town on the trolly and go to a chemist/drug store to fix my gut but the TOWN was all shut up ) when we got back to the Depot there was a swarm of homeless people had come for a handout of some sort, I reckon it was 2012 never did get a chance to go inside the depot. * have gone back via google earth & yes it's change , lot of track missing.* ( food poisoning not much fun when ya can't find ya travel insurance , was a BUMMER )
It's next in line! I've completed the editing up to the 1950's, and at my present pace, I should get the video published sometime next month. It's definitely a much bigger project now than I realized at the start!
@jasonweber5462 Correct! From 1869 to 1885, passengers connected from the Union Pacific to the Central Pacific in Ogden. By the time the Rio Grande was considering a new station, the Central Pacific had been acquired by the Southern Pacific. I could have done better with that distinction, but I ran out of time.
I was born and raised in Salt Lake and have always enjoyed the unique history of the city and how the it developed around the railroads. I've always felt that the city should use one of the old depots for their intended purpose; a transport hub. I gather from your video that that very idea might become a reality. Obviously, with the construction of the Gateway project, the UP depot is out of the running. But not so for the Rio Grande depot.
I haven't lived in SLC for many years, so I am unaware of what is happening there in regard to transportation. It would be awesome if they returned the depot to it's former glory and purpose. I will follow the development of this with keen interest. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for making this!!
Since I moved to SLC back in 2016 I have wondered the history of the Rio Grande Depot. I truly hope it can become a transit hub once again. I always look down 300S and think, "this would be quite the view if the city would integrate it once again. I truly wish we as a country would expand our passenger rail. If Utah would begin to expand our State sponsored rail we could become an example that freeways and cars are not the end all be all that people believe they are.
Also thank goodness Rio Grande Depot, Ogden Union Station, and the Union Pacific Depot are still standing; unlike New York's original Penn Station and Columbus' Union Station.
A good story for sure, as a Ozzi tourist riding slamtrack from Seatle to The windy City I remember The Depot in Salt Lake City well, we got laid over by the depot around 10pm or just after on a Sunday night due to a derailment on U.P. I went in to the cafe car and had a coke of sorts and a hot dog , ( I got a really crook belly ache we wanted to go to town on the trolly and go to a chemist/drug store to fix my gut but the TOWN was all shut up ) when we got back to the Depot there was a swarm of homeless people had come for a handout of some sort, I reckon it was 2012 never did get a chance to go inside the depot. * have gone back via google earth & yes it's change , lot of track missing.* ( food poisoning not much fun when ya can't find ya travel insurance , was a BUMMER )
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Hello there!
I rode TRAX the day it opened.
RIO GRAND pulls more into the Salt of Saltlake city
When's part 2?
It's next in line! I've completed the editing up to the 1950's, and at my present pace, I should get the video published sometime next month.
It's definitely a much bigger project now than I realized at the start!
It's was Not the Southern Pacific that met the Union Pacific it was the Central Pacific.
@jasonweber5462 Correct! From 1869 to 1885, passengers connected from the Union Pacific to the Central Pacific in Ogden. By the time the Rio Grande was considering a new station, the Central Pacific had been acquired by the Southern Pacific.
I could have done better with that distinction, but I ran out of time.
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