Utah Idaho Central Railroad
Timeline
This page was last updated on August 19, 2007
March 30, 1909:
Ogden Rapid Transit Company was granted franchises from Ogden City for operation along Wall Avenue south of 21st Street. On January 26, 1907, February 21, 1907, and June 16, 1925 Ogden City granted other franchises to Ogden Rapid Transit Company. (Utah PSC #2419)
July 16, 1918:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to discontinue the sale of commuter tickets within the cities of Ogden, Logan and Brigham City. Only one car is intermittently operated in Brigham City. (Utah PSC #43)
August 6, 1919:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to discontinue and dismantle part of the street car line in Brigham City, from a point 900 feet east of the intersection of Forest Avenue and 5th West, east along Forest Avenue to Main Street, then south along Main Street to the end of the line at Fruitdale.
A franchise for the line was granted by Brigham City on March 9, 1910 and the line was constructed at about the same time by the Ogden Rapid Transit Company.
When the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway built its line from Ogden to Brigham City in 1914, it abandoned the former Ogden Rapid Transit Company's line between Ogden and Brigham City, except that 2.61 mile portion from Fruitdale north to Brigham City, which has since been used only for street car service.
The application to discontinue and dismantle the street car line was made because Brigham City wanted to remove the pole line from the center of Main Street and UIC could not afford its share of the improvement. (Utah PSC #205)
July 15, 1925:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to start auto stage service between Ogden and Logan. (Utah PSC #809)
1926:
UIC receivers appointed August 20, 1926 in case brought by Westinghouse. The new UIC has been engaged in business since November 20, 1926. (Utah PSC #928)
September 8, 1926:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to abandon street car line in Logan. The route is operated by two cars, #211 and #212. The route was along Center Street from 6th West to Main Street, then north along Main Street, over the interurban tracks, to 4th North, then east along 4th North to 6th East, then north along 6th East to 9th North. Also a one block line along 7th East from 4th North to 5th North. (Utah PSC #902)
November 9, 1935:
State Road Commission received Utah PSC approval to construct a concrete subway U. S. Highway 30 under the UP and UIC tracks, north of Brigham City. Project No. WPGH 38‑A (1936). (Utah PSC #1807)
October 8, 1938:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to change the layout and relocate some of the tracks in the vicinity of the Ogden Repair Shops, to allow the construction of Wall Avenue along the west side of its property. (Utah PSC #2172)
October 29, 1940:
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Corporation received Utah PSC approval to take over the property of the Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company. (Utah PSC #2417)
December 13, 1944:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to abandon the North Ogden Line. (Utah PSC #2818)
May 1, 1945:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to close the agency at Hyde Park. (Utah PSC #2800)
May 1, 1945:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to close the agency at Millville. The agent has resigned and the railroad has been unable to fill the position with a qualified person due to the labor shortage because of the war. In 1944 the agency received 19 carloads of coal and handled 2,731 pounds of LCL traffic. (Utah PSC #2841)
January 16, 1947:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to close the agency at Willard. In 1944 the agency shipped 10,196 pounds of LCL traffic; received 13 carloads of coal and 2 carloads of "shooks"; shipped 22 carloads of celery and one car each of onions and potatoes. In 1945 the agency handled 5,558 pounds of LCL traffic; received 11 carloads of coal and one carload of baskets; shipped 7 carloads of onions and one carload of machinery. The entire route between Ogden and Preston is paralleled by Fuller‑Topance Truck Line and Cook Transportation Company. (Utah PSC #3078)
January 16, 1947:
UIC received Utah PSC approval to close the agencies at Honeyville, Mendon, and Wellsville. (Utah PSC #3079, 3080, and 3081)
May 28, 1947:
Ogden Transit Company received Utah PSC approval to purchase the Ogden car barns of the Utah Idaho Central Railroad which ceased operations at 12:01 am on February 16, 1947. The car barns were erected in 1915, they measure (in feet) 90 x 325 x 23 high, made of brick. (Utah PSC #3121)
March 16, 1948:
Receiver of UIC received Utah PSC approval to the receiver's request to destroy the records of the corporation because they are no longer of use. (Supplementary order to PSC Case #2336)
