This 98-page, horizontal-format hardbound book was
published in 1999 by the Ogden Union Station Foundation and contains images of 20 of Gil Bennett's paintings
that he did for the Foundation, along with historical narrative provided by Stephen Carr. It is printed on
heavy gloss stock.
Contents
Foreward by Robert Geier
Preface by Gilbert H. Bennett
Utah Railroad Map and Legend
1: "Done!" — Central Pacific & Union Pacific at Promontory, May 10, 1869
2: Slim Rails and Sagebrush — Rio Grande Western in eastern Utah, 1889
3: Mines, Mountains and Sidewinders — San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad near Eureka, Utah
4: Summer's Eve — Ogden Union Station, 1917
5: Quiet Village — Salt Lake City Union Station, 1922
6: Sage and Snow, Steam and Steel — Western Pacfic Railroad near Delta, Utah
7: Big Steam at Covered Bridge — Denver & Rio Grande Western in Spanish Fork Canyon, 1943
8: Morning Pastoral — Utah Idaho Central in the Cache Valley, 1946
9: The Storm Chasers — Union Pacific near Wanship, Utah, 1952
10: Moon Glow at Sunset — Union Pacific at Lake Point, Utah, 1949
11: Titan of the Wasatch — Union Pacific Railroad in Weber Canyon, 1950
12: Whistles in the Night — Ogden Union Station, 1951
13: Stall for a Thoroughbred — Union Pacific in Ogden, 1957
14: Black Widows on the Lake — Southern Pacific Railroad on the Lucin Cutoff, 1960
15: Wasatch Warrior — Union Pacific Railroad in Weber Canyon, 1964
16: Big Hook — Union Pacific at Emory, Utah, 1968
17: Storming Through the Castle Gates — Utah Railway in the Price River Canyon, 1976
18: Desert Hot Shot — Union Pacific near Milford, Utah, 1979
19: Big MACs and Double Stacks — Union Pacific at Soldier Summit, 1999
20: Echoes of Thunder — Union Pacific in Echo Canyon, 1958
Acknowledgements
A Short History of Ogden's Union Stations
Eccles Rail Center
Glossary
Railroad Museums and Tourist LInes in Utah
About the Artist and Author
References
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