Bamberger

Company History: This 37 mile line linked Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah. It began in 1891 as the SL&O. In 1910, the SL&O installed trolly wire and built into the streets of its namesake cities. The nickname of the SL&O was the “Bamberger Electric” (after the name of the founder) and in 1917, that became their official name. In 1924, they began hauling freight as well. Following a reorganization in 1939, the “Electric” was dropped from the name and they became Bamberger Railroad. A pair of fires in 1952 (one at the car shop and the other in a substation) brought an end to all interurban passenger service. Bamberger had become a diesel powered all-freight shortline. At the end of 1958, Bamberger closed their doors. An 8 mile segment was sold to Union Pacific and a 4 mile segment went to Rio Grande. The rest was abandoned. By the way, their official reporting marks were just “B.” The Association of American Railroads would in later years frown on single letter reporting marks.

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