Utah Southern Railroad (1871–81)

The Utah Southern Railroad was built by the Mormons between Salt Lake City and York (south of Santaquin), and acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1875. Between Salt Lake City and Provo the line ran roughly parallel to the Denver and Rio Grande Western's Utah Division. Between these cities, the former Utah Southern route became a secondary route after the two companies began sharing track.

Later the northern part of the line was sold to the Utah Transit Authority and is no longer part of the UP network. Today the right of way provides the corridor for the Blue Line of UTA's TRAX light rail system. The line south of Provo is still part of the Union Pacific and is known as the Sharp Subdivision.

See also

• Salt Lake City Southern Railroad
• Utah Railway
• Utah Central Railroad (1869–81)
• Utah and Northern Railway

References

• Strack, Don (1994), "Railroads in Utah", in Powell, Allan Kent, Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917