Union Pacific in Utah
Union Pacific's Depots In Utah
Common Standard, non-CS, and others
This page was last updated on April 8, 2011.
(This is a work in progress; research continues.)
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Standard Depots (late 1880s-1911)
Standard "Pagoda" 14439 Depots (1911-1922)
The following list is based on the research of Brian Burr.
| Depot Location | Date Completed | Dimensions (in feet) |
Plan | Notes |
| American Fork | Not CS design | |||
| Beryl | ||||
| Black Rock | 18x68 | With 44-foot extension; shown on LA&SL station map dated 1945 | ||
| Brigham City | Not CS design | |||
| Cache Junction | 20x101 | Shown on OSL station map dated 1943 | ||
| Castle Rock | 24x50 | 9018, 9019 |
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| Clear Lake | 1903-1905 | 24x64 | this depot was moved to Delta in the 1950s and was used as an apartment building until 1991, then it was torn down. | |
| Clearfield | 30x90 | OSL standard | ||
| Coalville | 1885 | 20x40 | 6336, 6337 |
plus a 30-foot extension (Original depot built circa 1885, 20.3 x 66.3 foot one story frame station; extended 30 feet in 1891.) |
| Corinne | 30x80 | Not CS design | ||
| Delta | 1911 | 24x110 | Built with a 60 foot baggage room, modified in 1920 with the waiting room becoming part of the office and newer mens and ladies waiting rooms built in part of the baggage room. | |
| Devils Slide | 1900 | 20x40 | 6336, |
plus a 30-foot extension (Original depot built circa 1900, 20.4 x 70.4 foot one story frame station; extended 30 feet in 1910.) |
| Dewey | 24x50 | Shown on OSL station map dated 1947 | ||
| Draper | ||||
| Echo | 1913 | 24x78 | Pagoda 14439 style; moved to Coalville after being retired | |
| Erda | Shown on LA&SL station map dated 1947; dimensions not legible | |||
| Fillmore | 24x125 | Shown on LA&SL station map dated 1949; still near original location, turned end-for-end during move (Telegraph office built circa 1897) | ||
| Garfield | 24x89 | Later extended to 119 feet; not a standard design; shown on LA&SL station map dated 1950 | ||
| Garland | 24x94? | Shown on Sanborn fire maps, CS dimensions; shown on OSL station drawing dated 1945 | ||
| Honeyville | 24x57 | With 16-foot platform; shown on OSL station map dated 1948; OSL standard design; moved to Corinne, Utah; currently survives at Heber City, Utah | ||
| Hyrum | ||||
| Lake Point | ||||
| Layton | 30x88 | OSL standard; survives at location about 1/2 mile south, adjacent to UTA Frontrunner Layton station | ||
| Lehi | Not CS design | |||
| Logan | 28x98 | Not CS design | ||
| Lynndyl | 1903 | 24x80 | Shown on LA&SL station map dated 1948. It probably was a reverse plan of the Tintic depot. Both had bay windows on both sides, an unusual feature for CS depots | |
| Mendon | I have only seen a photo of the south end | |||
| Modena | ||||
| Morgan | 1904 | 24x110? | The freight portion survived until recently and was either demolished or moved to a new location (Replaced in 1926 by stuco depot designed by Underwood; retired in 1972) | |
| Nephi | 25x64 | Not CS design; shown on undated LA&SL station map | ||
| Newhouse | 1904 | 24x64 | (Frisco Branch) The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns says that this depot was moved across the valley 5 miles to the west to a ranch. | |
| Oasis | Same design as Nephi depot; removed in the 1940s | |||
| Pallas | 26x127 | Not CS design; shown on LA&SL station map dated 1948 | ||
| Payson | 20x70 | Not CS design; shown on LA&SL station map dated 1941 | ||
| Peterson | 1900 | 24x60 | 8867, 8868, 8869 |
Survives as a residence (replaced original depot built in 1897; frame depot 20 x 75 feet.) |
| Pleasant Grove | 24x80 | Shown on LA&SL station map dated 1947 | ||
| Richmond | 24x80 | Shown on OSL station map dated 1947 | ||
| Roy | Retired before July 1946, date of OSL station map showing station site erased | |||
| Sandy | 1902 | 24x64 | Shown on LA&SL station map dated July 11, 1944 showing depot area to be retired (depot building sold to F. A. Orton) | |
| Smithfield | 24x50 | later extended to 71 feet with 16-foot platform; this depot survives and is commonly mistaken for the passenger half of the Cache Jct. depot, which was from the pre-Harriman era | ||
| Spanish Fork | 24x80 | Survives at its track side location | ||
| Stockton | 1904 | 24x80 | Shown on LA&SL station map dated 1948; moved in 1959 to an unknown location | |
| St. John | 24x80 | Shown on LA&SL station map dated 1944; burned in 1988 | ||
| Tintic | 1903 | It may have been built either as a standard 24x64 depot and later extended, or built to that length. Survives in two halves near its original location. | ||
| Tremonton | Built as 24x80, later extended 24 feet?; moved to nearby empty field by September 1984, no longer there by early 2011. | |||
| Trenton | 1906 | 24x88? | ||
| Uintah | ||||
| Wahsatch | 1917 | 24x50 | Pagoda style depot; mentioned in UPHS Streamliner article (Original depot built circa 1917; 24 x 60 foot one story frame station.) | |
| Wanship | ||||
| Warner | (Telegraph office built in 1923) | |||
| Wellsville | ||||
| Willard | 24x48 | With 16-foot platform; shown on OSL station map dated 1942 | ||
| Woods Cross | 18x70 | Not CS design; shown on OSL station map dated 1948 |
See also...
Metcalfe, Terry, "UP Common Standard Depots", The Streamliner, Volume 3, Number 2, pages 4-26
Ehernberger, James, "Hanna Depot" (photographs and plans), The Streamliner, Volume 4, Number 4, pages 18-25 (identical to Echo, Utah)
Metcalfe, Terry and Robert Odlund, "Union Pacific 14439 Depots", The Streamliner, Volume 6, Number 4, page 28
Odland, Robert and Terry Metcalfe, photos of Wahsatch depot, The Streamliner, Volume 18, Number 2, page 20
Metcalfe, Terry, "Union Pacific Standard Depots", Union Pacific Modeler, Volume 2, pages 74-87
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