Salt Lake Garfield and Western

Company History: The SLGW was the result of the 1918 re-organization of the recently electrified Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway that ran from Salt Lake City, Utah to the resort at Saltair on the banks of the Great Salt Lake. The resort had been built by the LDS Church but was then sold to the railroad. In addition to the lucrative passenger traffic (with departures every 45 minutes,) the line also hauled salt and other freight. The first diesel arrived on the property in 1951 (a GE 44-tonner) and electric operations were curtailed. The remaining passenger service was retained with the help of a secondhand ACF Motorailer. In 1958 or 1959, the resort finally closed, passenger service ended and the SLGW settled into the life of a freight-only shortline.

Today the SLGW switches 16 miles of track with an MP15AC, an MP15DC and a GP39-2. Traffic includes asphalt, frozen juice, furniture, plastic, aluminum, scrap, pulpboard, and waste oil. SLGW joined the Patriot Rail shortline group in January, 2021.

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