Utah Fuels the West
Utah's coal industry and the railroads that served it
By Don Strack
This page was last updated on July 6, 2011.
(This is a work in progress; research continues.)
Coalville and Grass Creek
Coalville
(See also the Coalville section of the History of UP's Park City Branch.)
Grass Creek
UP leased 5.698 miles of trackage from Grass Creek Junction to Grass Creek, Utah, plus 0.403 mile of yard and side tracks, for an indefinite period from September 7, 1916. UP to pay all expenses and receive all revenues. (44 ICC Val. 135; UP ICC Valuation Docket 1060, done July 30, 1982)
October 26, 1895
"A railroad is being built from Coalville to the Grass Creek coal mines. It will be standard gauge and six miles long and connect with the Union Pacific." (Park Record, Park City, October 26, 1895)
(See also Summit County Railroads and Summit County Coal Mines.)
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