The is a 25-mile
Shortline operating between Salt Lake City and Murray, Utah. The SL began operating on
April 19 1993 as a
RailTex Subsidiary . Today the SL is a subsidiary of the
Utah Railway and is owned by the
Genesee And Wyoming Railroad .
The line was originally built between 1871-1872 by the
Utah Southern Railroad . By
March 30 1872 the Utah Southern reached Point of the Mountain which is the southern end of the Salt Lake City Southern Railroad at Mount. In the 1870's, the Utah Southern was constructing a 105-mile line from Salt Lake City to Chicken Creek (
Juab, Utah ).
Brigham Young was listed as the railroad's president. In June 1875 financial control of the railroad was turned over to the
Union Pacific Railroad .
On
July 1 1881 the Utah Southern was consolidated into the
Utah Central Railway . The Utah Central was building a rail network from
Ogden -
Milford, Utah . By 1888 the Utah Central was an
Operating Subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad.
On
August 1 1889 the Utah Central was consolidated into the
Oregon Short Line And Utah Northern Railway , an operating subsidiary of the Union Pacific. On
March 1 1897 the railway was renamed the
Oregon Short Line Railroad . The OSL, a UP subsidiary, was leased to the UP on
January 1 1936 .
From 1936 - 1993 the Union Pacific operated the tracks as part of their "Provo Subdivision". In the 1990's the UP shifted shifted its trains on the Provo Subdivision to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks between Salt Lake City and American Fork, Utah. The UP no longer needed the line between Salt Lake City and Mount (also known as Mound or Point of the Mountain).
RailTex acquired the line between Salt Lake City and Mount and began operations in 1993 as the Salt Lake City Southern Railroad. Today the
Utah Transit Authority (UTA light rail) owns much of the track as part of their light rail right-of-way acquisitions. The SL operates over the UTA tracks via
Trackage Rights .
On
September 30 1999 the SL became a subsidiary of the
Utah Railway .
