Emigration Canyon Railroad

Emigration Canyon is best known as the pioneers' doorway into the valley, but for a stretch of the early twentieth century it also carried a railroad. A short line ran up the canyon, hauling freight down and carrying weekend excursionists into the mountains above the city. The Sons of Utah Pioneers placed this 1990 marker to remember it — a reminder that even this heavily mythologized canyon had an ordinary working life of freight and Sunday outings long after the last handcart companies had filed down it into the valley.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• This Is The Place Heritage Park — steps away
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 1.0 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 1.3 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views
• Emigration Canyon — 1.9 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley

More markers nearby

• Emigration Canyon Monument - Mormon Pioneers — steps away
• Emigration Canyon Monument - Natvie People — steps away
• This is the Place State Park — steps away
• First Company of Pioneers into the Valley — steps away