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Salt Lake and Utah Interurban Railway

 Organization

Biography

The Salt Lake and Utah Interurban Railway (1913-1946) was an electric railroad that operated between Salt Lake City and Payson, Utah.

Citation:
Recollections and reminders of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad, 2002: page 2 (Salt Lake and Utah Interurban Railway; also known as "the Orem")

Utah Rails, via WWW, Nov. 21, 2008 (Salt Lake & Utah Railroad; SL&U)

Wikipedia, June 20, 2019 (Salt Lake and Utah Railroad; operated between 1913 and 1946)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Orem Chamber of Commerce photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233608725]
Identifier: MSS P 424
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 469 photographs of Orem and Utah Valley, Utah, taken by various photographers between around 1900 and 1940. Includes images of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad, local industry, and early businessmen.

Dates: approximately 1900-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs of the Salt Lake and Utah Interurban Railway

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 306
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and one negative of the Salt Lake and Utah Interurban Railway. Includes images of train depots and trains. Dated approximately 1910-1949.

Dates: approximately 1910-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lloyd Leo Smith audiocassette

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239251504]
Identifier: MSS 9298
Scope and Contents

Contents include a two-sided audiocassette labeled "Leo Smith, July 1979, Part II; Unknown Interviewee re Orem Line." One side is an interview of Leo Smith talking about his years as a worker with the Orem Railroad Company. The other side is an unknown interviewee, born in Provo, talking about his work as a station manager of the Orem Line. Dated July 19, 1979.

Dates: 1979 July 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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