Uintah Railway

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Uintah Railway was a small railroad company in Utah and Colorado in the United States. It operated from 1902 to 1939. The Company was founded in 1902 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gilson Asphaltum Co. with the sole purpose of building a railroad into the isolated Uintah basin where the Gilson Asphaltum Co. was operating several Gilsonite mines. The route chosen would link the newly founded company town of Mack, Colorado with the mines at Dragon, Utah. The route chosen crossed 8437 ft (2572 m) Baxter Pass with grades of 7.5% (westbound) and 5% (eastbound) as well as 66 degree curves. Because of this, the railroad was built as a narrow gauge railroad. The extremely sharp curves and steep grades required the use of Shay locomotives for the steep climb up the pass, however elsewhere on the line conventional locomotives could be used. On the easternbase of Baxter Pass the railroad founded the company town of Atchee, Colorado. which served as both division point and maintenance center for the railroad.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9786131040078
• ISBN-10: 6131040079
• Artikelnr.: 29877047