Tour along the Transcontinental Backcountry Byway
Route of the 1869 Transcontinental Railroad - This section was built by the Central Pacific Railroad. Our guide was an archeologist with the state of Utah. The landscape has changed very little since 1869. Trains used the rails until 1942. The rails were taken up and vehicles can now drive on the original grade.
archeologist Chris Merritt (middle)
Some trestles aren’t safe for cars so the road detours around them
Merritt showed us artifacts from the Chinese section of Terrace
stone culverts allowed water to flow under the railroad tracks
Peplin Cut
Great Salt Lake in the distance
our group of 50 took over this small cafe in Snowville, Utah
They did know we were coming
Read more about the railroad and byway here and here
Chinese workers - here and here
Very informative articles here and here
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