↑ Return to MUSEUMS

Print this Page

Utah State Railroad Museum

Visitors to the Utah State Railroad Museum at Union Station are treated to a variety of interactive and pictorial displays and artifacts DSC_0541illustrating the construction of the transcontinental railroad. As visitors enter the Railroad Museum they pass under timbers used to construct the historic Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake.  In the museum theater enjoy a movie about the Big Boy Locomotives that ran from Ogden to Cheyenne.  In March 2011 the museum unveiled it’s newest exhibit of the original Golden Spike Safe and  Utah’s Centennial Gold Spike.  Weight your group on the Station’s original baggage scale.   

DSC_0447 (2)cropOperation Lifesaver Exhibit

Children learn railroad crossing safety in this exhibit which encourages them to answer safety questions to activate the safety lights on the railroad crossing. The exhibit was recently renovated and is beautiful.

 

 

 

Maintenance of Way Exhibit Maintenance of Way picture

The Maintenance of Way exhibit includes a variety of small equipment used to maintain the tracks.  A  rail handcar used to transport maintenance crews.  A locomotive cab where children of all ages can experience the thrill of play driving a locomotive.  Practice morse code skills with your fellow visitors with the two telegraph keys.

This fall we are starting a renovation project!  We will be creating a children’s museum that will entertain and educate children from 1-100yrs old! Please stay tuned for updates on our project.Maintenance of Way design

 

 

 

 

 

 Planned renovations.

 

Wattis-Dumke Model RailroadDSC_0582

A favorite with visitors is the model railroad.  Scale model scenes of local topography have been painstakingly created to depict the local terrain.  A model of the 1060’s era Union Station and historic 25th street are a highlight.  Look closely at each of the landscapes for many have amusing tiny additions, such as a man floating in a barrel int he great salt lake, fisherman, a bat, birds, elk, a bald eagle.  There are four operating model trains which start their runs as you enter the exhibit with a motion activated sensor.DSC_0610crop

 

 

 

 

 

SPENCER S. ECCLES RAIL CENTER

Experience the sheer immensity of the big locomotives up close outside in the Eccles Rail Center.  On display are a large variety of locomotives, switch engines, boxcars, cabooses and a staff favorite, the steam powered rotary snow plow.

 

The laundry building located south of the Eccles Rail Center played an important role in the operations of the railroad for the United States. 

Permanent link to this article: http://theunionstation.org/museums-2/utah-state-railroad-museum/

Eccles-Rail-header

Spencer S. Eccles Rail Center

ROLLING STOCK OF THE UTAH STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM       Locomotives- Diesel Total units: 11 Cargill 6751: SW1 This locomotive began life as Baltimore & Ohio 213, and later became B&O 8413. It was sold to Arco Petroleum in Carson, California, and renumbered 8417, then later Arco 6971. Sold to General American Tank Car …

View page »

wdrr-sign

Wattis-Dumke Model Railroad

The Wattis Dumke Model Railroad was made possible due to the generosity of Edna Wattis Dumke and Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke in honor of Edmund Orson Wattis, her father, co-founder of Utah International.   Envisioned and built to celebrate the great engineering feat that is the Transcontinental Railroad all ages enjoy exploring this delightful and …

View page »

_centenial

Rolling Stock

LOCOMOTIVES UNION PACIFIC #833 FEF CLASS 4-8-4 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE U.P. #833 is the crown jewel of the museum collection. American Locomotive Company built here in October1939. She weighs in at a healthy 454tons, engine and tender, and is 113 ft 10 1/8 Inches long. She has 80-inch diameter drivers and is balanced for a speed …

View page »