Ombey

  • Established: Ombey railroad siding was established about 1878 or 79
  • Miles from San Francisco: 722.6
  • Used by Railroad: 1878- 1910
  • Railroad Function: By 1881 railroad records show a section house, tool house, Chinese bunk and cookhouses at Ombey, suggesting that section facilities might have been moved from Gravel Pit to Ombey; a “wye” was constructed in 1900 to turn the newer heavier locomotives and “helper” engines needed to assist the locomotives over Red Dome Hill- reports show it took four helper locomotives to pull freight trains over Red Dome Hill; provided freighting services to regional sheep ranchers; 
  • Location: Located one mile east of Gravel Pit
  • No Population estimates for this isolated Morthern Utah rail siding