Don Strack railroad map collection, 1901-1986

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Strack, Don
Title
Don Strack railroad map collection
Dates
1901-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
14 linear feet, (22 tubes and 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number
ACCN 3036
Summary
The Don Strack railroad map collection (1901-1986) documents the history of western railroads with the bulk of the materials focused on railroads in Utah. This collection includes maps from companies such as the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bamberger Railroad Company, Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and others. Strack is an avid railroad historian and collector.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Don Strack is an avid railroad historian and collector. He has written extensively about the history of railroads in Utah and provides research and resources on his website, UtahRails.net.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Don Strack railroad map collection documents the history of western railroads with the bulk of the materials focused on Utah. This collection includes maps from companies such as the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Bamberger Railroad Company, Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and others. Also included are maps related to streetcars in Salt Lake City, Utah along with some mining maps.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection was arranged according to individual railroad companies and general maps. Rolled maps were arranged at the beginning of the collection and then oversize flat maps at the end of the collection.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Don Strack in 2017.

Processing Note

Processed by Betsey Welland in 2018.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I:  Bamberger Railroad and Electric CompanyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
1
Right-of-way map of the Salt Lake and Ogden Railway between Kaysville and Layton
1905
1
Additional right-of-way map within Salt Lake City, Post Office Place to Davis County Line
1909
1
Proposed location plan, Bamberger Electric Railroad Depot at Kaysville, Utah
1919
1
Kaysville Depot, plan and front elevation
1919
1
Cherry Hill Crossing
1942
1
Map of the Bamberger Electric Railroad
1942
1
Central Industrial District, Salt Lake City, Utah
1946

II:  Bingham & Garfield Railway and general mapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
2
Diagram of Bingham & Garfield Railway tracks at Bingham Canyon, Utah
1914
2
Map of Utah Copper Company’s Bingham mining property showing geology, principal workings, ore body and surface improvements
1914
2
Map of Bingham & Garfield Railway tracks, Bingham, Utah
1932
2
Map of Bingham & Garfield Railway Company and Kennecott Copper Corporation tracks, Bingham, Utah
1947
2
Map showing Kennecott Copper Corporation tracks, Bingham Canyon, Utah
1954
2
Map showing Kennecott Copper Corporation tracks, Bingham Canyon, Utah
1962
2
Bingham-Magna, Utah area map depicting Bingham & Garfield Railway, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (Bingham Branch and High Line), and Copperton Railroad
undated

III:  Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
3
Salt Lake yards, special appraisement of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad property, sheets 1-4. Appraised by Messrs, Linck, Tuttle and Weir Jr.
1917
3
Uintah Basin extension
1925
3
Joint tracks
1930
3
Salt Lake City, Utah, retirement of 6th West Street main track between North Temple Street and 5th North Street and construction of main track in new location and other incidental track construction and changes
1949
3
Thistle
1959

IV:  Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad CompanyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
4
Caliente, Nevada (2 maps)
undated
4
Tintic subdivision, track profile. Eureka Branch, Tintic to Eureka
1915
4
Alignment map of Eureka Branch, Juab County, Utah
1951
4
Filing map showing location of Fairfield Branch as constructed over surveyed land between Cutler (Lehi Junction) and Fairfield, Utah County, Utah
1927
4
Filing map showing location of Fairfield Branch as constructed over surveyed land between Fairfield, Utah County and a point near Boulter, Tooele County, Utah
1927
4
Fairfield Branch, Five Mile Pass to Boulter
1927
4
Fairfield Branch, Five-Mile to Boulter (sheets 1-3)
undated
5
Salt Lake Division, Frisco Branch, track profile, Miford to Newhouse (sheets 1-3)
1907
5
Salt Lake Division, Harriman Lines common standard 80 feet steel deck turntable. Floor and pit plan (constructed at Milford)
1906
5
Lynndyl, Utah. Construct 685 feet of track and rearrange existing tracks incident to retirement of yard tracks and various shop ground facilities
1948
5
Tintic District, Mammoth, Juab County, Utah joint track ownership
1909
5
Mammoth Branch, Mammoth Junction to Mammoth and Mammoth Mine
undated
6
Nephi to Gypsum, Utah. Trackage to be aquired
1948
6
Utah Division, alignment map of Nephi Plaster Mill Spur, Juab County, Utah
1949
6
New East Tintic Railway, Juab County, Utah (2 copies)
1913
6
Newhouse extension (Frisco to Newhouse)
undated
6
Key map, Salt Lake City to Leamington Hill, Utah
1901
6
Silver City Branch, Tintic to Silver City and Northern Spy Mine
undated
6
Salt Lake Division, Silver City, Juab County, Utah
1908
6
Utah Division, station map of Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
1944
6
Filing map showing locations of Topliff Quarry branches as constructed over surveyed land, Tooele and Utah Counties, Utah
1928
7
Salt Lake Division, spur track serving Columbia Steel Plant between Provo and Springville, Provo subdivision
1923
7
Proposed joint shop facilities, Provo, Utah, (5 sheets)
1920
7
300 ton dewheeling jack foundation, joint shop facilities, Provo, Utah (sheet 6 of 7)
1920
7
Details of foundation bolts dewheeling jack, joint shop facilities, Provo, Utah
1920
7
Omaha Steel Works, Omaha, Nebraska, joint shops, Provo, Utah. Sand storage bin, Provo, Utah
1927
7
Plan showing location of new electric hoist and extension to hoist house for coal trestle, Provo, Utah. Drawn by W.V.L-B
1927
7
Additional sand storage bin, Provo, Utah
1927
8
200 ton coaling station, incline type, Provo, Utah (12 sheets)
1917

V:  Oregon Short Line Railroad CompanyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
9
Standard depot, 24 x 64 (7 sheets)
1905-1906
9
Standard depot, 24 x 64 with living rooms
1906
9
Standard 1 story section house
1907
9
Standard plan of 24’ X 80’ depot without living rooms and 23’ x 55’ freight room
undated
9
Link-Belt Company, 960 ton locomotive coaling station for Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Pocatello, Idaho
undated
9
Standard stock yards. Solid line chute
1919
9
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee), part of Box Elder County, Utah showing part of Thatcher branch proposed for abandonment
1942
10
Filing map of Garfield branch
1901
10
Map number 326, showing locations for proposed mMechanical facilities, Ogden, Utah
1923
10
Map showing various pole lines on right-of-way between Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah
1913
10
Utah Division, alignment map, Salt Lake to Sandy, milepost 38 to milepost 50 (900 South to 4800 South) (4 sheets)
1913
10
Salt Lake City. North corporate limits to 13th South streets
1919

VI:  Union Pacific Railroad Company. Utah DivisionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
11
9th South passenger connection. Proposed installation of 131# R.E. rail replacing 90# ARA
1945
11
9th South to Sandy (4 sheets)
undated
12
Becks, Utah. Proposed trackage to serve the Standard Oil Company of California
1948
12
Cache Junction, Utah and Cache Valley bridge. Proposed rail relay
1943
12
Cache Junction, Utah. Proposed sanding facility for locomotives
1945
12
Clearfield, Utah
undated
12
South Central District, Utah Division, Dewey, Utah. 50,000 gallon wood water tank, tub and roof details (2 sheets)
1947
12
Echo, Utah
undated
12
Plan and framing details for proposed diesel engine house to be constructed at Iron Mountain, Utah
1943
13
Milford, Utah. Depot building, second floor plan
1950
13
Milford, Utah, track lines
13
Provo, Utah, proposed sanding facilities for diesel engine servicing
1950
13
Proposed revision of OUR & D yard to increase capacity and facilitate switching, Ogden, Utah
1942
13
Ogden, Utah, proposed mechanical layout
1923
13
Salt Lake City, Utah, Diesel repair shop and vicinity
1953
14
North Salt Lake, Utah, proposed additional trackage at stockyard
1947
14
Salt Lake City, Utah, 36’ x 184’ yard office building, floor plan elevations
1952
14
Salt Lake City, Utah, north yard plan and sections of foundry building
1945
14
Salt Lake City, Utah, proposed extension of freight loading dock at First South and Third West
1957
14
Salt Lake City, Utah, rearrange and retire various yard facilities
1968
14
Salt Lake City, location plan, power house
1944
15
Salt Lake City, roundhouse and yard
undated
15
Salt Lake City, proposed SATCO metal facilities in blacksmith shop at roundhouse. Drawn by E. E. L.
1945
15
Salt Lake City, proposed 8” steam main to modified steaming drops in engine house and proposed location of 3 new fire lighter stations (2 sheets)
1945
15
General location plan of roundhouse and approaches, proposed relocation of 1 ton monorail and hoist from stall 25 to stall 26. Drawn by E. E. L. (2 sheets)
1945
15
Salt Lake City, installation of 31 modified direct steaming and boiler washing stations in roundhouse with steam line, etc.
1946
15
General location plan of roundhouse and approaches, alternate proposal, retire clere stories place new roof over opg. at present roof line. Drawn by E. E. L.
1948
15
General location plan of roundhouse and approaches (new air line and after portion retired)
1945

VII:  Union Pacific System, general technical drawingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
16
Diagram of main and branch lines
1986
16
Common standard, right-of-way fence
1940
16
Watchman’s house, plan elevations and section
1925
16
Layout plans for number 8 turnouts and cross-overs
1938
16
General, details of concrete pit for 12" sheffield standpipe
1945
16
Common standard, general design, caboose car class CA-1-2
1929
17
General design, caboose car class CA
undated
17
Research and Mechanical Standards, General Design, Caboose Car-Class CA-1
1929
17
General design, caboose car CA-1, floor plan
undated
17
Caboose car-CA-1, end view
undated
17
General design, caboose car-CA-1, cross section, lengthwise
undated
17
Common standard, cupola general design, narrow cupola
1906
17
Caboose car-CA-1, cross section
undated
17
Caboose car-CA-1, end view
undated

VIII:  General Utah railroad mapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
18
Salt Lake and Utah railroad condensed profile, Salt Lake City to Payson, Utah
1915
18
Roads and railroads between Salt Lake City and Garfield, Utah
1934
18
General map of the Utah railway and connecting lines. Drawn by Elwood B. Stockman
1927
18
Utah Railway Co., right-of-way and track map, station 233+88 to station 1141+78, North Mohrland to Utah Railway Junction, UT (sheets 1-7)
1928
18
Map of the Utah Railway, Castle Gate to Black Hawk, Utah, exhibit “B”
undated
19
Mammoth Junction to Mammoth
undated
19
General map of Salt Lake and Utah railroad
undated
19
Route map for Salt Lake and Denver Railroad, exhibit “A”
undated
19
SP in Ogden shows Ogden Union stockyards
undated
19
Utah Idaho Central Railroad, general layout car barns, repair shops and freight yards at Ogden, Utah
1938
20
Ballard and Thompson Railroad
1922
20
Cache Valley railroads showing Preston South to Brigham
undated
20
Company lands at Garfield, Utah. Tabulated statement of acreage wanted by A.S.&R. Company
1909
20
Coalition building restoration for the Coalition Company, 8th Street and Park Avenue, Park City, Utah. De La Mare/Woodruff Architects (14 photocopied sheets)
1980
20
Western Union Telegraph line crossing (Farmington Line Change)
1920

IX:  Salt Lake City streetcar mapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
21
Utah Light and Traction Company, map of Salt Lake City
1929
21
Utah Light and Traction Company, map of Salt Lake City, gas bus, electric coach and streetcar routes
undated
21
Salt Lake City streetcar tracks operated and to be removed
1941
21
Salt Lake City streetcar tracks, all
1925
21
Salt Lake City streetcar tracks, NW area
1932

X:  General railroad mining mapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
tube
22
Location map, Utah Terminal Railway Company, Carbon County, Utah
1920
22
Chief Consolidated Mining Companies, map of Tintic and North Tintic Mining Districts, Utah. Compiled by Chas. P. Brooks
1915
22
Union Pacific, Tintic Junction
1951
22
Map of National Coal Railway, exhibit “A”
1925
22
Station map lands, tracks and structures, National Coal Railway Company
1927
22
Silver King Mining Company, tramway and ore loading station of 1901. Drawn by T. Ristau for the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, State of Utah Survey (copies of sheets 6 of 6)

XI:  Oversize flat mapsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Folder item
1 1
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Black Rock, Utah. Shift 1470 feet of track number 1 to 16 feet centers with main track
1945
1 2
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Milford, Utah. Construct 170 feet radial track relay rail in engine leads
1943
1 3
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Milford, Utah. Install 4 hydrants at each end of station platform for watering diesel engines
1948
1 4
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Payson, Utah. Retire tracks number 17 and scale track
1941
1 5
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Warner, Utah. Construct trackage to connect with government tracks serving Tooele Ordinance Storage Depot
1942
1 6
State Road Commission for Utah. Proposed overhead crossing of L.A. & S.L. and Western Pacific Railroads. Present Garfield - Saltair highway shown by yellow lines, proposed relocation of highway by red line
undated
1 7
Filmore, Utah. Construct 16’ x 16’ extension to car floor level freight platform and 16’ x 18’ ramp, raise present 10’ x 16’ ramp to platform level
1949
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Folder item
1 8
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Clearfield, Utah. Retire 3396.2 feet of yard tracks
1947
1 9
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Hyrum, Utah. Retire portions of old U.I.C.R.R. connecting tracks
1948
1 10
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Honeyville, Utah. Construct a 500 feet spur track for C. A. Johnson
1948
1 11
Union Pacific Railroad Company (Lessee). Logan, Utah. Move switch and extend track number 3
1944
1 12
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Preston, Idaho. Construct a 300 feet spur track to serve City Coal and Feed Company
1947
1 13
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Salt Lake City, Utah. Proposed power house and retirement of present facilities
1943
1 14
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Salt Lake City, Utah. Track changes to serve new P.F.E. icing dock
1944
1 15
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Salt Lake City, Utah. Retire portion of engine house and radial tracks, construct air and hot water lines
1949
1 16
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Willard, Utah. Retired track number 5
1942
1 17
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee), Utah. Retire trackage at old cement spur
1942
1 18
Union Pacific Railroad Company (lessee). Showing urban branch proposed for retirement
1947
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Folder item
1 19
Cache Junction, Utah. Relay light rail in tracks number 14 and 15, including one turnout in track number 16
1950
1 20-21
Utah Division, Clearfield, Utah. Proposed 9’ x 10’ shower room and 4” sewer line serving depot and portable houses
1943
1 22
Freeport Center near Clearfield, Utah
1972
1 23
Utah Division, Stockyards at Corinne, Utah, Malad branch
1944
1 24
Utah Division, Garfield, Utah. Retire water tank
1940
1 25
Utah Division, Garland, Utah. Toilet facilities at depot and section house
1945
1 26
Utah Division, Harrisville, Utah. Relay light rail
1940s
1 27
Utah Division, Honeyville, Utah. Proposed coal highline spur to serve C.A. Johnson
1948
1 28
Utah Division, Honeyville, Utah. “As constructed” construct 135 feet turnout connecting track and shift and rehabilitate 840 feet of former U.I.C. track serving Sterling H. Nelson Company
1949
1 29
Utah Division, Hyrum, Utah. Construct 850 feet spur track to serve California Packing Corporation
1947
1 30
Utah Division, Logan, Utah. “As constructed” spur track to serve Pacific Fruit & Produce Company
1949
1 31
Utah Division, Logan, Utah. “As constructed” construct 100 feet extension track
1945
1 32
Utah Division, Logan Sugar Factory, Utah. Retire one pen stockyard
1952
1 33
Utah Division, Lynndyl, Utah. Construct additional oil unloading line with necessary steam connection along track number 6
1951
1 34
Utah Division, Pleasant Grove, Utah. Location of proposed track to secure franchise from City of Pleasant Grove
1947
1 35
Utah Division, Richmond, Utah. Cache Valley bridge proposed 620 feet spur track for the Sego Milk Company
1944
1 36
Utah Division, Richmond, Utah. Proposed utility and bathroom in part of waiting room and rearrangement in kitchen at living quarter of agent Fleming
1953
1 37
Utah Division, St. John, Utah. Capitalize value of three portable type houses and one privy
1944
1 38
Utah Division, North Salt Lake City, Utah. Proposed unloading chutes at stock yards
1947
1 39
Salt Lake City, Utah. “As constructed” install S. H. rail supports for water and steam lines
1951
1 40
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. Provide adequate fire protection for diesel engine repair stalles 26 to 32
1949
1 41
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. Replace 12, 5000 gallon underground gasoline storage tank in new location and move pump, pump house and unloading rack to new location
1948
1 42
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. North yard. Reinforce concrete jacking pads at coach yard drop pit
1946
1 43
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retire portion of enginehouse stalls 5 to 20 including and 2929 feet of radial tracks
1951
1 44
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. Office and tool room constructed in roundhouse under W.O.
1943
1 45
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. Salvage building
1949
1 46
Utah Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. Install 6” C.I.P. water line to rear of stall 26 of enginehouse
1951
1 47
Utah Division, Sandy, Utah. Replacement of frame depot and platform with telephone booth
1945
1 48
Smithfield, Utah. Retire track number 4
1958
1 49
Utah Division, Trenton, Utah. Replace frame depot with prefabricated metal shelter
1957
1 50
Utah Division, Trenton, Utah. Retire depot, train order signal and C.H. & P. and install S.H. metal building for passenger shelter
1956
1 51
Downey, Idaho. Retire 12” locomotive watering column, pit, water and drain lines
1959
1 52
Weston, Idaho. Construct class “B” stock chute and crowding pen, remove old fence on west R/W boundary-construct new fence and gate
1951
1 53
Hoops and Grey cast iron tank lugs for wood water tanks
1941
1 54
Highway crossing signal details
1950
1 55
Underpass Main entrance
1943
Salt Lake City streetcars
Folder item
1 56
Utah Light and Traction Company, type “D” track construction
1918
1 57
Salt Lake City streetcar lines, Utah Light and Traction Company. Data compiled by Don Strack and map prepared by Shay Stark (1996)
1921
1 58-60
Utah Light and Traction Company map showing existing bus lines, existing streetcar lines and proposed bus abandonment from Warm Springs to Centerville (3 maps)
1928
1 61
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Existing streetcar line and proposed streetcar line abandonment, exhibit A
1932
1 62-72
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah (11 maps)
1932
1 73
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Existing electric coach lines, existing bus lines and proposed track removal
1934
1 74
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Existing streetcar lines, existing gas bus lines, proposed gas bus abandonment and location of houses
1934
1 75
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Tracks and poles to be removed on 21st South between 11th and 15th East and poles to be removed on 15th East between 17th and 21st South
1935
1 76-80
Maps of Salt Lake City showing streetcar and electric coach routes (5 maps)
1935
1 81
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Proposed track removal
1937
1 82
Utah Light and Traction Company, Salt Lake City, Utah. Proposed changes of routes 18 and 19 in order to render service to airport
1940
General maps
Folder item
1 83
Brigham, Utah railroad map
1958
1 84
Erda, Utah
circa 1946
1 85-86
Layton, Utah
1959; undated
1 87
Milford, Utah
undated
1 88
Nephi, Utah
undated
1 89
Stockton, Utah
undated
1 90
PSC Case 895
1926
1 91
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Corporation, North Ogden line
undated
1 92
Utah State Road Commission. Map showing location of proposed overhead replacement across Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad state road number 108, Davis County
undated
1 93
Sketch map of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad crossing at Center Street Midvale, Utah
undated
1 94
Proposed retirement and removal of that portion of Tintic branch between Eureka and Silver City, Utah, and the abandonment of service by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company over jointly owned Mammoth Mill spur, exhibit “C”
1943
1 95
Exhibit 2 to Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company response to questionnaire number 1, ICC finance docket number 4768. Soldier Summit, Vernal branch
undated
1 96
Map showing location of National Coal Railway in Carbon County, Utah
1925
1 97
Map showing Bamberger Railroad next to Highway 91
1941
1 98-99
Goshen Valley Railroad, exhibit “E” and “G” (2 maps)
undated
1 100
State Road Commission of Utah. Map showing proposed highway crossing, at grade, of the main track of the Silver City branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, at RR milepost 2.05, near Silver City, Juab County, Utah
1935
1 101
Property of Salt Lake City Union Depot and Railroad Company, exhibit “G”
undated
1 102-104
Unidentified Utah railroad maps (3 maps)
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Cable cars (Streetcars)--Salt Lake City
  • Railroads--West (U.S.)--Maps

Corporate Names

  • Bamberger Railroad Company--Maps
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Maps
  • Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company--Maps
  • Oregon Short Line Railroad Company--Maps
  • Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway--Maps
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company--Maps

Form or Genre Terms

  • Maps