UUM_P0970.xml Lucin Cutoff Trestle photograph collection Lucin Cutoff Trestle photograph collection Finding aid written by Special Collections staff. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-27. The finding aid was written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Lucin Cutoff Trestle photograph collection P0970 0.25 linear feet 1 archives box 33 items circa 1944-1955 The Lucin Cutoff trestle photograph collection contains 33 black-and-white photographs of the Lucin Cutoff trestle, a 12-mile railroad trestle that crossed the Great Salt Lake and was used from 1904 until the late 1950s. It was used in a limited function until the 1970s and was removed in the 1990s. This collection is entirely digitalized and available online in our Digital Library. English .

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The Lucin Cutoff, also known as the Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, is a 102-mile railroad line running from Ogden to Lucin, Utah. It was originally built by the Southern Pacific Railroad to shorten the transcontinentral route. It was taken over by the Union Pacific Railroad, which operates it as part of the Lakeside Subdivision of the Overland Route. The Cutoff was known for its 12 mile railroad trestle that crossed the Great Salt Lake. It was in use from 1904 until the late 1950s.

In 1944, the Lucin Cutoff trestle was the site of a train wreck during which 48 people were killed. On May 4, 1956 a fire did considerable damage, reconstruction occurred over the following days, completed on May 10.

In the late 1950s, an earthen causeway was constructed parallel to the trestle, replacing most of its use; the trestle saw limited use until 1975, and in the 1990s deconstruction of the trestle began. The trestle was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1972 and removed on October 23, 2018.

Sources referenced: https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b9081g/25814786 and https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q86bjc/25466428

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Folder 1 contains loose black scrapbook pages containing black-and-white images documenting damage of the Lucin Cutoff railroad trestle over the Great Salt Lake circa 1944-1950. The damage occured during a fire on May 4, 1956, reconstruction occurred over the following days, completed on May 10 . The pages were removed from their originating scrapbook prior to purchase by the Marriott Library. Folder 2 contains aerials dating from approximately 1945-1955 taken by Collins and Morris studio in Ogden, Utah.

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 Southern Pacific Company Lucin Cutoff (Utah) Great Salt Lake (Utah) black-and-white photographs Lucin Cutoff trestle circa 1944-1950 1 1 Aerials circa 1945-1955 1 2