The Utah State Railroad Museum also known as Ogden Union Station, is a train station in Ogden, Utah, at the west end of Historic 25th Street, just south of the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center. It is also part of the Ogden Union Station, the focal point of the Crossroads of the West National Historic District and the single most important railroad station in the American West.
History[]
After the famous ceremonial driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific agreed that Ogden would become the new Junction City. Historically, the Ogden Union Station served as the junction between three major transcontinental railroad routes: Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western, in addition to several local rail lines.
Today, the Utah State Railroad Museum consists of a large indoor exhibit, a massive HO scale model railroad depicting scenes on the Transcontinental Railroad, an impressive collection of full-size railroad equipment, and a library and archive.
Equipment[]
Locomotives[]
| Number | Images | Heritage | Type | Builder | Built | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 833 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | 4-8-4 | American Locomotive Company | 1939 | Display | |
| 4436 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | 0-6-0 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1918 | Display | |
| 223 | 
|
Rio Grande | 2-8-0 | Grant Locomotive Works | 1881 | Undergoing Restoration | |
| 231 | 
|
Amtrak | EMD F40PHR | Electro-Motive Division | 1977 | Operational as control car | Previously painted in Daylight colors. Restored to Amtrak colors by 2024. Locomotive currently has to be MU'd with other locomotives due to lack of traction motors. |
| 3769 | 
|
Southern Pacific Railroad | EMD GP9 | Electro-Motive Division | 1957 | Display | |
| 26 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | Gas Turbine-Electric locomotive | General Electric | 1961 | Display | |
| 5371 | 
|
Rio Grande | EMD SD40T-2 | Electro-Motive Division | 1975 | Display | |
| 7277 | 
|
Air Force | ALCO S1 | American Locomotive Company | 1941 | Display | |
| 6751 | 
|
Cargill | EMD SW-1 | Electro-Motive Division | 1940 | Display | It was originally built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as #213. |
| 6916 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | EMD DDA40X | Electro Motive Division | 1969 | Display | |
| 1237 | 
|
Utah Central Railway | GE 44-ton switcher | General Electric | 1953 | Display | |
| 900061 | 
|
Union Pacific Railroad | Rotary Snowplow | Alco's Patterson, NJ, works | 1913 | Display | |
| 401 | 
|
Utah Railway | ALCO RSD-15 | American Locomotive Company | 1959 | Display | |
| 7457 | 
|
Southern Pacific Railroad | EMD SD45 | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1966 | Display | |
| 644 | 
|
Amtrak | SDP-40F | Electro-Motive Diesel | 1974 | Operational | Returned to operation in November 2019, currently as BNSF 6976. |
| 306 | 
|
Utah Railway | ALCO RSD-5 | American Locomotive Company | 1955 | Display | Awaiting restoration to it's Utah Railway colors. Currently painted as Nickel Plate Road #324, from its former owner, Doyle McCormack of the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. |
| 1216 | 
|
U.S. Army | 44-ton switcher | Davenport Locomotive Works | 1953 | Display | |
| 1236 | 
|
Utah Railway | GE 44-ton switcher | General Electric | 1953 | Display |
Trivia[]
- The Union Station is accessible via UTA's Frontrunner rail service as well as UTA and Greyhound buses at the adjacent Ogden Intermodal Center.