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A look at Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1909-1910 during construction of the Logan Rapid Transit Company rail lines. Cardon Jewelry, Dr. W. I. McNeil (dentist), The Hub, Dr. Paulson (Dentist), Morrels, and a drug store are visible.
A view of Main Street looking North, taken sometime between 1915-1925. The Logan Tabernacle can be seen to the right. An O.L.I. or U.I.C. train travels along Main Street in the distance. A horse and wagon also travel on Main Street while a number of…
A view of Main Street looking South, taken sometime between 1915-1925. The Logan Tabernacle is in the background. U.I.C./O.L.I. tracks can be seen running down the center of Main Street. Automobiles and a horse and wagon also travel on the street.
On November 24, 1917, Secretary Nelson wrote this letter to the O.L.I. regarding holiday and weekend rates for students who leave Logan and wish to return on Sunday evenings. The current tariff restrictions prevented students from being able to take…
Secretary Nelson from the Agricultural College of Utah responded to the letter from the O.L.I. regarding new ticket prices and tariff restrictions. His letter on September 12, 1917 confirmed the school's reception of the notification and enclosed the…
A Passenger's Check, No. 9446, dated to June 19, 1918 showing the cost for a passenger traveling from Logan, Utah to Providence, Utah. Additional information is included on the reverse side, but damage to the document covers some of the…
One complaint among the citizens of Logan throughout the existence of the O.L.I. and U.I.C. was the interruption of traffic as freight trains traveled on Main Street. Here, a long freight train is stopped at the Logan Station as the engineer,…
The Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway depot in Logan, Utah sometime before the company was reincorporated as the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad in 1919. The O.L.I. was established in 1915, so this photo was likely taken between then and 1919. This brick…
Another view of the Union Pacific Railroad's Oregon Short Line Station in Logan. This station was shared with the Union Pacific by the Logan Rapid Transit Company, the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway Company, and the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad until…
A panorama view of Main Street in Logan in 1920 from First North to First South, looking Northwest. A U.I.C. train can be seen in the center of the photo. The Logan Tabernacle can be seen on the right, the Thatcher Bros. Bank is in the center-left,…
A similar letter to the one that Peterson sent in August, 1917. This letter, from January 21, 1918 thanks the O.L.I. for an annual pass for the year 1918.
The schedule of the U.I.C. was originally organized to best support the students who would be traveling to a number of schools and universities in Ogden and Cache Valley. This October 13, 1917 letter from President Peterson questions the O.L.I. about…
This item is a copy of the O.L.I.'s letter to the UAC on November 26, 1917 regarding a football excursion of UAC students to Salt Lake City. The O.L.I. believed that the students were to be traveling with their rail services, rather than with the…
A letter from President Peterson dated January 14, 1918 to W.A. Whitney, General Manager of the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway. Peterson responded to a request regarding an individual named Calvin Millard who had applied to the O.L.I. for employment.…
One of the traditions of the Agricultural College of Utah was a Military Ball held on the campus. In 1918, this ball was to be held on March 9. Peterson wrote to the O.L.I. on February 27, 1918 regarding special railroad rates for those who would be…
The Amalgamated Sugar Company was originally established by David Eccles and his corporation in 1897, beginning in Ogden, Utah. The company provided financial support, and sugar became a central freight product, for the operations of the U.I.C. This…
A copy of a letter from Geo. Preston, the attorney from Logan, to Moyle and Moyle Attorneys at Law in Salt Lake City on January 10, 1947. Preston discusses some possible options for having the U.I.C. real estate and property sold to a bidder who can…
Looking West on Center Street from First West in Logan, Utah in 1918. A Presbyterian Church is on the left and the New Jersey Academy is on the right. Grass separates the U.I.C. tracks from the road and sidewalk. This photo was taken by the Logan…
Looking East on Center Street from Main Street in Logan, Utah in 1918. U.I.C. Railroad tracks lead from Main Street onto West Center Street. The Logan Temple and "American Steam Laundry" can be seen in the background. This photo was taken by the…
The U.I.C. arrives in 1918 to collect and transport Cache Valley World War I soldiers to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The Chicago Clothing Store, JRE, a café, The Oak, Murdock's, and the Riter Bros. Drug Company can all be seen on Main…
This letter from Geo. Preston, an Attorney in Logan, Utah, refers to a hearing over the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad and its future operation. Preston notes on February 14, 1947 that the situation seemed to be hopeless, that the financial situation of…
Passengers and freight board the U.I.C. #500 on Main Street in Logan, Utah on October 16, 1945. Edwards Furniture, Standard Stations Inc., the Logan Temple, the Logan Tabernacle, and a Coca Cola advertisement can be seen in the background.
The U.I.C. engine #513 and passenger car stop in Logan, Utah sometime between 1930-1940. Mail and freight are also being loaded or unloaded from the train.
A U.I.C. engine and passenger car stopped at a wye stop in Logan, Utah in the 1940s. This wye stop was located at 153 South Main Street, the current location of a Motel. This area served as a railyard, coalyard, and wye stop for the U.I.C. throughout…
A U.I.C. freight and passenger train stops at the Logan Station on Main Street in the 1940s. A man loads freight from his truck onto the train as city traffic passes him by. A market, the Capitol Theatre, and the First Security Bank are visible in…
A copy of a U.I.C. freight bill included in the interview transcription with Joseph Meyrick. Joseph Meyrick was the agent at the Logan station for the O.L.I. and U.I.C. throughout the operation of both companies. His initials can be seen at the…
A motorman and conductor pause for a photo in their U.I.C. engine while stopped at the Logan wye stop in the 1940s. A newspaper article written later indicated that the names of the motorman and conductor are George Smith and Lon Handy respectively.…
A U.I.C. passenger car #504 parked near Logan, Utah on April 22, 1939.
A U.I.C. freight engine and a U.I.C. passenger engine stopped at the Logan wye stop at 153 South Main Street in the 1940s.
A snow plow engine and railroad car are stopped at the South end of the wye stop in Logan in the 1940s. These snow plow engines were crucial to the operation of the U.I.C. throughout the winter months in Cache Valley and northern Utah. A number of…
This photo was taken from the U.I.C./O.L.I. lines on Center Street in Logan, facing downtown Logan and its sign welcoming travels to the city. An automobile can be seen crossing the tracks in the distance. The rail lines from this photo would have…
This street scene shows a U.I.C. train on Main Street in Logan in the early 1920s. One person rides a bike near some of the earliest automobiles in the city.
A U.I.C. train stopped at the Logan Station on South Main Street in Logan, Utah in the 1940s. The Capitol Theatre and First Security Bank can be seen in the background. Cars lining the street indicate the growing popularity of automobiles and signal…
A crowd gathers at the Oregon Short Line Station on Center Street in Logan in 1915 to welcome the first O.L.I. train that would become part of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad. The U.I.C. and O.S.L. shared the station on Center Street for a number of…
A World War I regiment, in 1918, from Cache Valley awaits the arrival of the U.I.C. in front of the Logan Tabernacle on Main Street before traveling to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The collection finding aid notes that this is probably…
A World War I regiment, in 1918, from Cache Valley awaits the arrival of the U.I.C. in front of the Logan Tabernacle on Main Street before traveling to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The collection finding aid notes that this is probably…
World War I soldiers look on, in 1918, as a distant U.I.C. train arrives on Main Street in Logan to transport these soldiers to Salt Lake City for training and deployment. The collection finding aid notes that this is probably the 145th field…