Salt Lake & Utah RR/Utah Idaho Sugar Factory

For thirty years an electric train ran through here. The Salt Lake & Utah Railroad — the "Orem Line," named for its financiers — opened in 1914 and by 1916 sent two dozen trains a day down the west side of the valley, sixty-seven miles from Salt Lake City through West Jordan to Payson. Its dark-red cars carried passengers and freight where automobiles hadn't yet reached. Then they did. The car bled the line dry; the last run came in 1946, and the rails were pulled up for scrap where FrontRunner traces part of the same route.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 7.9 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 10 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 10 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Temple Square — 12 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Utah Idaho Sugar Company Factory — steps away
• Broom Factory and Wagon Train terminal — 0.3 mi
• West Jordan — 0.9 mi
• West Jordan Pioneer Church — 0.9 mi