Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-05 | Page 2 | New Grade of Union Pacific Proves Successful on Test

INe Grade of Union Pacific i Poes Successful on Test After thirty s operation of the new main line track tack of f the Union Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- I system t J ugh Weber canyon east of Ogden t te e en engineering department department depart depart- ment meat of ot the system m has issued a report on oT the line shoving that its location is Ideal and the route Is successful in every manner The opening of the new track about Jan January Janary ary 1 gave tho the Union Pacific a double track through Weber canyon with th the up track having a a. much lesser gra grace graae e than existed on the theold theold theold old line which Heretofore carried both up and down More than tons of ot earth and rock rode were moved in the construction of or orthe the new track and Its construction was one of the Interesting features of railroading railroading rail- rail for the tear year just jUHt closed In that the work was done when heit railroad construction construction construction con con- was at its lowest ebb The Th new track cuts down to tho maximum of or sixty feet g grades a which formerly were much he heavier heier ier The new track I in places is sixty five feet higher than the the- original line and gives Ives the traveler a much better view of the scenic glories of Weber canyon The work was begun in April 1915 and was completed in nine months At many points the new line was constructed constructed constructed con con- so close chose to the old roadbed that it was difficult to carry carryon on operations operations operations opera opera- of grading and ballasting without interfering with the operation of trains on on the existing line The work however however however how how- ever was completed without a single accident to the heavy passenger travel over the line in the last year The rate of grade In Weber canyon on the old line is about six ninety-six feet to the mile but on the new line the grade rade is only sixty feet to the mile There Is one tunnel feet in length on the new line at the point known I as rock cut through solid granite I