Trains

This week Laura Gelfand talks with Joyce Kinkead, USU Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English. They explore Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants and the influence that these pioneering spots had on American food.

Via Rio Grande is proposing a citizen-driven vision for removing railroad crossings, revitalizing a neighborhood, and reusing the historic Rio Grande Depot as Salt Lake City’s main transit hub.

In other news, the Red Cross of Utah wants to raise $1 million for Hurricane Helene relief efforts. And, railroad "quiet zones" have been suspended from Ogden to Provo.

On May 10 1869, Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. At that…

The train pulled into Cache Junction Tuesday morning and was greeted by a crowd of adoring schoolchildren, retired railroad workers, and locomotive…