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Ogden Union Station Museums |
84401 Ogden, UT, United States of America (USA) (Utah ) |
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2501 Wall Ave
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| Floor area | only roughly guessed: 15 000 m² / 161 459 ft² |
Railway
- Passenger cars
- Model Railway
- Motorcycles / Motorbikes
- Arms
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Opening times
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Wednesday - Saturday: 11am - 4pm Closed State and Federal Holidays and for Annual Cleaning the first two weeks of January |
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Status from 02/2024
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Adult (18-61): $7; Teen (13-17): $4; Youth (3-12): $3; Senior (65+): $5; | ||||||||
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| Homepage | ogdencity.com/1053/Museums | ||||||||
ogdencity.com 
| Location / Directions |
Ogden is a city and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately 16 km (10 miles) east of the Great Salt Lake and 64 km (40 miles) north of Salt Lake City. Amtrak service is provided with a bus connection running to/from Salt Lake City, where there are daily California Zephyr trains west to the Oakland, California area and east to Chicago, Illinois. Amtrak trains do not serve Ogden directly. Interstates 15 and 84 serve the city. I-84 runs east–west through the southern suburbs, merging with I-15 near Riverdale. I-15 runs north–south near the city's western edge and provides connections to the rest of the Wasatch Front and beyond. Union Station, also known as Ogden Union Station, is a train station in Ogden, Utah, at the west end of Historic 25th Street, just south of the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center. It was formerly the junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. The station is currently home to the Utah State Railroad Museum. |
| Description | The historic train depot will be 90 years old in 2014 and has been the location to the Utah State Railroad Museum and John M. Browning Firearms Museum for 35 years. The Browning – Kimball Classic Car Museum was added more recently. Utah State Railroad Museum - Eccles Rail CenterThe Eccles Rail Center is a collection of prototype equipment from various railroads in the west, most notably Union Pacific. It occupies the spot where the Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. (OUR&D) Commissary Building once stood. It houses several locomotives, as well as passenger cars, freight cars, cabooses, and railroad maintenance equipment. UNION PACIFIC GAS TURBINE LOCOMOTIVED&RGW 223* Denver & Rio Grande Western 223 is a class C-16 Consolidation type steam locomotive built in 1881 by the Grant Locomotive Works. It is one of only two remaining Grant-built locomotives in the world and is currently undergoing restoration. D&RGW 5371* Denver & Rio Grande Western 5371 is the last SD40T-2 "Tunnel Motor" to be in its original Rio Grande paint colors. It was retired in 2009 and moved into the Rail Center in 2010. SP 3769* Southern Pacific 3769 is a GP-9 diesel locomotive. SP 7457* Southern Pacific 7457 is the first SD45 to be built for that railroad in 1966. It last saw service on Donner Pass. It was donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum in 2002. UCRY 1237Utah Central Railway 1237 is a 44-ton General Electric diesel switcher, originally built for the U.S. Air Force with the same number in 1953. It was donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum, and subsequently leased to the Utah Central Railway where it got its current paint scheme. It has since been returned to the Museum.[6] UP 833Union Pacific 833 is an FEF-2 class steam locomotive, built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1939. It was originally donated to the Salt Lake City in 1972, and when transferred to Ogden in 1999 it obtained the distinction of being the largest locomotive in the United States to be moved by truck. UP 4436Union Pacific 4436 is an 0-6-0 steam switcher built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1918. It was last used in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was donated to the City of Ogden in 1958, and moved to the Utah State Railroad Museum upon its establishment. UP 6916Union Pacific 6916 is a DD40AX "Centennial" diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in 1969. Retired in 1985 and donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum in 1986. UP X-26Union Pacific X-26 is one of the Union Pacific GTELs built by General Electric in 1961. It was advertised as the "most powerful locomotive in the world". Popularly known as "Big Blows", it is one of only two that survived. U.S. Army 1216USAX 1216 is a 44-ton Davenport Locomotive Works switcher that was originally used at the Tooele Army Depot in Tooele, Utah. Browning-Kimball Classic Car MuseumThe automobiles on display are examples of the Golden Age of motorcar history. Vehicles range from a 1901 single cylinder Oldsmobile to a 1930 16 cylinder Cadillac. Running boards, huge fenders, oversize matchlit headlights and rumble seats are reminders of an extravagant era. |
| Description (other) |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Future possiblitiesWhile the future of the Union Station will mostly involve the museums contained therein, there still exists the possiblity of resumed passenger rail service. As recently as 2009 Amtrak was involved in feasiblity studies regarding the restoration of some of its previously discontinued routes, including the Pioneer.As part of the study, four routes for the Pioneer were considered. While two of the proposed routes would bypass Salt Lake City, all four would be routed through Ogden and, presumeably, a stop at the Union Station once again. |
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