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''A IA' 4 ‘ " Huge draglino clears way for construe- L of U P Aspen turulet t - ton at east portal - ' ' - 4 ' P t ' --I$1-g-a-a- I1 11-ye- revaoftg aannizdation period ar serves a r egion richly endowed with agricultural livestock mining and manufacturing resources Theline plowed more than $60000000 into capital improvements during reorganization and is actively aiding development ade-of the territory it serves Its quate research and development is remphasizing food pozaeerr 11lemgn industries but at the e is not overlooking growing industrial and manufacturing activities irt psa I in Rio Grande provements the Roper yards insouth Salt Lake have been modim- t' - ( ' t 1 t :-- rr night through the city In a continuing improvement program the Rio Grande spent $5500000 in 1947 for new rail ballast signals corrunkmications bridges culverts station and office buildings and numerous other facilities Approximately $1792000 went into new motive power and rolling stock Operating revenues for the year more than during were 86 1941 last year of prewar operation Increase in carloadings originating in Utah from 94984 in 1946 to 121471 in 1947 graphically portrays the healthy business increase in the state The number of employes Averages between 9000 and 9500 with a 1947 pay roll of slightly more than $30000000 - - ' lig' 4 -' '- :0 r ''' ' ' -- - - t-- '' - i:1 - '''' t - ' -- z )' 4 'At' ' l ' I ' a - " s 1- -t- - "1- tr - - Is ' - ''-- t 4 a - ' - : - 1 - - it ' k : : :'''"-- ' ‘144' - -- e7 'i --:- - - -- - n - : - s -- ' r ''1 - Great air liners roar through western skies -3- r from the four comers of the United States ' - - i - e - t- F ' — : Angeles Cal Union Pacific in 1948 will spend $14600000 for 650 track miles of new rail It too has and 1 t t'ii t 1 44 - - ' ' A 4 1- til I e I F Jr ! ' iiil" 1 1 3 z' k - i- g I 'r '''' 4' - t4-- - - spending just under 31000000 to equip stock cars with roller bearings to provide high-spee- d benvestock service mainly tween Salt Lake City and Los c- ' 1- 1 l - r1--- it) " - 3 - -- -' - - - g i i T'4' - z 1 le 4 1 1 4 1 a-- y i : radio in 1: '‘44e:4 IIF1111 1 those at ed nt the new 2600000 retarder yard just et - 1 ' 1 completed at Pocatello Ida A r I ' 1 : number of freight trains are -44 '14 ri If--equipped with i I radio ' t Scheduled for completion this i - 00 1 t t i 4s ' year is a $6000000 program for 't 'ift Ti I extension of centralized traffic miles line of 329 over the control between Salt Lake City and Cale 4 Allt! iente Nev provide I) ij 1 i i f the Union Pacific with the longi :r est mileage of C T C ever ins- k i l' t talled-629 miles between Salt t ii1 - A Lake and Daggett Cal t -- ' - 4T 4 t-- 1 4- 1 1 iwaii :7 i:7c: OA' --- ' hcaosstadodfeds136600000b00x0- 0- e ):7 has orders for an additional 5000 for the Pacific refrigerator cars Fruit Express Co jointly owned by the two lines - - 1- - 4' - - - 1 - ' '"- - ' x - g' - :I Ar" 'M- (1 ! - - t '' 1 --- - "7:: '': i- 1i ‘ ' I i 1- -1 4 71 - : tr - 1t - 1 rt r4 f- - ' - ' - - - i' ' ‘ s: 4 --- t-- II ' - ts tt t —-1 — ' i - ! ic: - - ' 4 ":4"- !k 4 since the close of the war It l added 500 automobile cars also and with the Southern Pacifisc: c ''''''"1re A' - t ' ' " 1J-1- ' $ 1V4 11 t 1 N: t - 't -- -- - will - ! - - t 4" se 1 z 1i— ::-- 11 apadedaekdertheinmicifirtntosycpluhamdoninondedg: ''' J - if ----0 ! f ieR E- - t t: : - Li r!- 7t) t i - 1 E1' 1 JR& -- i z i-- - s ‘ 1 t :f '"'''-- r - ii ---- -4 i t Boring through a mountain to speed railway traffic work men at the Aspen twmel toil to coplete eve sEL000C30 Jobe t ft - ' - -- —s - 1 - I i : d ' t ' '' - - --- - arr eartoaad t t 'ke 1 aiir7:1 '' ei A engine-to-caboo- ff -- - I 1- 1 i fe ?!11': - -- I 4 : 1 1 - - 0 - I'V ' ) 'm - - ' '' --- !- ' - -- V is - '' 'S r'-- - ' 21 -- ' ' 7-- ' k g k - - - - 1 w- :'-'- - - ' -- - '" " ' vo - - - ' i4Z-''t1:--- f I ?' "'" - tf L- i 4 -- THE Union Pacific system is c ying out its second t $200000000 rebuilding program ak4:" and has just placed the largest 64 - single equipment order Irk its his- t tory This calla for expenditure 1 of $34000000 for 181 Diesel i ' 'locomotive units and 1900 units ' 7 r of rolling stock mostly gondola t and hopper cars The line also t - - AL-04- f i41 -op: --- m ernized with new track facilities communication and floodlight systems enabling it to handle the enormous volume of freight traffic that moves dat and r I- - È - f 7- - ' - ' f 4 I ti ' ' c ' i i- i- ier e ir lk 4 - 41-1)Nst10'is'steri --- - --3- ' -a- z - - - T4 -- -- ' L' - - o Am - tit'- 3t- "-- 4 L e- -: 1 1 - - ' ' & R G W operating at THE Dsteam after a Included - '' 0 t -- - - - - - - 0 - - "-- t30 4 - - '-- :- - ' '1-004 ''''''r ' "'lir'rt -- P- - ' - - -- I - 400( ----- olio4 '''"'-- 2 ! - -- ' - 1 - '1- - : - - "at ) 4 ways epeeding freight and pas)menzer cargoes to distant destinations Railways of the west—Union Denver & RralocitGicraanndde wraecisitfeicin Southern Western Pacific—all are exI facilities I S 447------ : --"- """' 4'"'-a : - - Jiirt- Modernized Roper yard of D & R G V line at Salt Lake City handles increasbag traffic - siPnhaginpdpivinnotgl ' -'44':'"A '' t '''''- -- ' ' 7 CI i ''''''- e - - -- ‘'' C-- r t f:-- " - 'r-- 1 1 It" '‘41441' - i Ii tskt '''-- - z - - 1 s " - - - I - tural and fabricated products to shipping processing and distribution centers Larger and faster planes roar over the west's air- i' - T - -- ' ''' - t) provide new and improved ar- teries for movement of agricul- II - --- - - rt ito- 0''''' - ' -- 4 if i -- 1 ' '-' s'a s ''':e'N — -' ''''' s :1341 II 4101000""'"" Nt - ee:rr000r'-'"- - '''''''''- ' -- - 1 t Irl' ' 4: - 4 ' 1 ‘ - Ngm41114 - 4 ti- - - ' 'ZiA4-1Fr4'11- ' ' r ''- h ' ' t - --t---i -r4: t ' - li- 1!"'- t 3 - 1 transportation Eyeextending east and west north and south annihilate a and distance to make a compact neighborhood of the states of the intermountain - four empire—Utah Idaho Wyoming and Nevada Extending to the four corners of the nation rail highway and air lines pulsate with traffic around the clock their thunder beating out the mounting tempo Of western industrial expansion They pour cargoes from the farms and factories over the docks and into the holds of ships destined for far ports of the world where products of the west are in constant and in- creasing demand Commerce flows in a steady stream over the 10297 miles of railways in the four states much of it originating here Broad surfaced highways stretch 14140 miles with another 19933 miles of graded and graveled roads Scheduled air lines operate upward of 100 flights daily All forms of transportation are geared to modern needs of 'America's fastest growing industrial empire Railways add rollIng stock lay new rails and expand 'yard facilities to handle growing mountains of freight State and federal funds channeled into highway construction ' ' t i' 1 !'- t - 11410DERN 171 teme !I """"""'"-N --- '" q ' r' odernlaransportSpeedsWesi Products to the World Ii ---0 - i - - ' t 1 1 -1 4 4 ' 7! 1 vI — 4 t L‘----- ' 04----- 1-- P ' 'I t- - 1 Utah viaduct eliminalos treLf fie hazards' on both highway and railway xdtlOt - t :: 4"' - a Iv& 2 A 11 s 4i - rwri''' - V ft -'") A- s45 - 7" 1- - - 'T k - ""i i ai 'Y-?- e'77 - i1464 - ' - '00"?4°: Z ""'"'"'"'"---- lr '''': i 7- v J i k - - ' t r- 47'''''' '- t '"-'1:-:--L- il ICtr:3 I 1 E -- ' 'i 01 — 717 - 4 ' ----- el r: (1:j - 11 - -- - - t ' iI 11 ''' ' 4-- '1''''''' ''' tV:'-1-47'1- ' - e - '" '‘' - ' ' ' -- ' v - 4 a-- - t- I - l'NirtSIZ q5 e ' 10 '""24 d (0'l - - 1 --4- Ct is k - : s- - tefY - ' aL''''''- t - e 0 i-- '1i - ---- 1:1 --- kl E ---- - t ''' tql 4 4 k '' - - 4 s s - 4 '''' r A'l "' 4e ' ' ' W k ' '" 4 4 iNik 1 -:L sLt Union PacMc terraincd the at Pocatello handling 4 f ' - ''''''': -- L74 46 A - rearder yard speeds - t :r2'11151 tx ' I 'an - 4 N ' ' : 'NH' I 12 ' '4t 241 ts:-- ' ' ' 01' ''"? - - I - ' l'' - 4 1 I' ' a - 4- t - 1- - ' t r' 4 ' - - o- - - 1'-- ' s" '''' 41s:s "7"'t 4 s - ' I' tr Jit' 1 ' t 41 ' - 4 - i"-'-- :'"1 '4''''' SS - "'Stt"Lt t"1' - " t 177"'4411sktoss ' ' - t i ''''t" '444 :": !I et I "1 4N -- it: s me '"- - ' 1 - 1 r": : el i - - 11" " 4 47(141( p‘lr)r'1 11 - It " s k:'"It4°174 dtt 's 000017 0 - ' - " "t t "-- s - " - 't r A - ' '' 0 ''''' :oWv:'y I ' ' 4 :4":t 4 - A Is : s 4 : 1 tr" - ' i - |
