• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: Named after Bovine Mountain, referring to region’s cattle industry, which used Bovine Town as its center of operations
• Miles from San Francisco: 691.6
• Used by Railroad: 1899- 1905
• Railroad Function: Served as  railroad station; facilities included a section house  train car body, Chinese bunk and cook house and a water tank; southern Pacific, the successor to Central Pacific records show that section gangs built a freight platform and replaced some of the Chinese bunkhouses in 1885; probably abandoned when Lucin Cutoff was completed, though the siding was used for a time by local sheep ranchers
• Location: Southwest of Terrace in northwest Box Elder County 6 miles west of Walden
• No Population estimates for this isolated ghost town 

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original  transcontinental railroad
• Miles from San Francisco: 762.7
• Used by Railroad: 1879- 1890
• Railroad Function: Railroad siding, apparently uninhabited; provided freighting facilities to local sheep ranchers; note that locations of Matataurus and Centre were transposed on  “The Promontory Branch of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Utah 1869-1904” map, from Rails East to Promontory- The Utah Stations; little is known about its function, but seems to have been in use from about 1879 to 1890
• Location: 2.4 miles west and north of Rozel  on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake
  No Population estimates for this isolated Northern Utah rail siding

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name:
• Miles from San Francisco: 739.1
• Used by Railroad: 1902- 1907
• Railroad Function: Railroad siding, but apparently uninhabited; constructed in early 1900s to support increased traffic; freighting services are suspected here, but are unverified
• Location: 2.5 miles west of Seco
• No Population estimates for this isolated Northern Utah ghost town

• Established: An original construction camp, established in 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: A primary source of gravel during the construction era
• Miles from San Francisco: 686.4
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1881
• Railroad Function: An 1869 inventory notes a 16’ x 30’ section house and 10’ x 20’ kitchen; other facilities included a Chinese house, a water tank and a car body
• Location: Located one mile east of Ombey, 3.7 miles west of Peplin
• No Population estimates for this isolated Northern Utah rail siding

• Established: Temporary, portable cities were constructed in railcars to provide services to workers, following the rails during the transcontinental construction period; from 1863 until the transcontinental railroad was completed; “Hells on Wheels” were utilized by both the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads; the concept continued on subsequent early railroads as they were constructed across the continent; a recent television series named “Hell on Wheels” introduced the concept to audiences, though the series was based on a southern railway, not on the Transcontinental Railroad
• Origin of Name: This general term seemed to accurately depict the largely lawless, existence that existed in railroad camps; murders and other serious crimes were rampant along the rails; virtually every vice seemingly known to man was readily available in the portable “cities-on-wheels,” but always for a price
• Historic Overview:  Construction camp “cities” owned by Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads during the construction of the original transcontinental railroad’ since two to three miles of track were regularly laid each day; during their rush to join the rails, portable cities were established, existing largely on newly-laid tracks to keep up with the rapid pace of new rail construction; sleeping facilities, eating places, saloons, gambling houses, brothels and many more shady operations were aboard rail cars or often in tents and wooden buildings that could be assembled and disassembled in a short time.  
• Location: No permanent locations ever existed for these portable cities; they’d spring up over-night, then travel on to their next location as soon as more track was laid
• No Permanent Population ever existed for “Hell on Wheels,” though they served thousands of laborers for both railroads 

On the original transcontinental line

• Established:  July 7, 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: In 1904 the name “Lucin” was transferred to nearby facilities on the nearby, newly-completed Lucin Cutoff; renamed to Grouse in 1905 and dismantled by the railroad in 1907
• Miles from San Francisco: 680.5
• Used by Railroad: 1875- 1907
• Railroad Function:
• Historic Significance: It is inferred that station facilities were relocated from Umbria station  to (historic) Lucin 1.7 miles to the west; facilities included a foreman’s house, train car body and Chinaman house
• Location: Westernmost point in Utah on “The Promontory Branch of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Utah 1869-1904” map, from Rails East to Promontory The Utah Stations
• Population:  A true ghost town, with no known inhabitants

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad; also a stage stop and freighting hub in 1869; a major transportation hub in early history; The Kellton Road, a major freighting and travel route began here
• Origin of Name: Named after an early stockman, named Kelton
• Original Name: Indian Creek, after a creek in the area 
• Miles from San Francisco: 734.1
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1942
• Railroad Function: Section station and major shipping and travel connection to the mineral-rich mountains and open rangeland of the northwest; southern terminus of Utah, Idaho and Oregon stage Company and a station on the Overland Mail route; during a typical year in the 1870s, six million pounds of supplies were loaded from trains to wagons in exchange for wool and furs from the intermountain north; had a turntable, depot, water tank and pumphouse, engine house and a section house
• Historical Overview: The stage line from Kelton to Montana and Idaho mines was said to be the most robbed stage line in the west, stages were held up nearly every week and occasionally daily; Wells Fargo never admitted their losses, but they must have been enormous;  Kelton was an important freighting and railroad hub, but became totally dependent upon the fortunes of the railroad, so when the Lucin Cutoff was built in 1903, the town began to decline, and when the tracks of the Promontory Branch were removed in 1942, Kelton died; severely damaged by an earthquake in 1934; three-foot wide cracks opened in the earth, buildings and houses shook violently, and the schoolhouse had to be abandoned; old rail yards and homesites are vacant, and only the cemetery remains
• Notable Features:  At one time Kelton had a number of fine buildings, including a brick school house, several two-story hotels, well stocked stores, comfortable homes, a whole row of saloons and gambling halls, freighting and railway stations, livery stable, ag implement dealer and even a telephone exchange and post office 
• Location: Located north of the northernmost point of the Central Pacific Railroad, about eight miles west of Monument Point, and seven miles west of Locomotive Springs, about sixty miles northwest of Brigham City and 70.3 miles (1 hour, 8 minutes) from Tremonton, near the Utah-Nevada border, twenty miles off the northwest corner of Great Salt Lake
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah class 3 ghost town

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad
• Miles from San Francisco: 751.6
• Railroad Function: Two separate railroad sidings existed at Kosmo: West Kosmo, used by the railroad 1912- 1942?; built in conjunction with potash activity, and East Kosmo, used by the railroad October 1901- April 4, 1906; housed 3 bunkhouses, a cookhouse, garage, stock corral, general store, blacksmith shop, coal house and a car body that served as its depot; utilized by several area ranchers; the two sidings were located one-half mile apart
• Historical Overview: Potash, a necessary ingredient in producing gun powder, had previous to World War I been primarily produced by Germany; with the advent of World War I, a new source had to be identified; when potash was discovered near Kosmo, The Salt Lake Potash Company built canals, ponds, a rail siding and processing station at West Kosmo (often referred to as Kosmo after East Kosmo siding was abandoned) to produce the product, crucial to the war effort
• Location: Located between Monument and Lake on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake; East Kosmo was 3.5 miles west of West Lake; West Kosmo was another half mile west
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah ghost town; at least 200 people lived there in 1924

• Established: Temporary settlement, by Central Pacific Railroad, during 1869 construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: Named after the Great Salt Lake
• Miles from San Francisco: 755.6
• Used by Railroad: 1899- 1906
• Railroad Function: Two separate railroad sidings existed at Lake: West Lake, used by the railroad 1877- 1910, and East Lake; the two sites are now separated by a marsh one-mile wide and conditions are so wet that the “wye” is hardly visible today
• Historical Overview: On April 28, 1869, a record was set when Central Pacific crews laid ten miles of track in one twelve-hour period from the station at Lake; the stage had been set months before when Union Pacific crews laid nearly 8 miles of track in a day; Charles Crocker, the construction supervisor of the Central Pacific, annoyed at the attention Union Pacific had attracted, bet $10,000 that his crew could lay ten miles of track in a twelve-hour day, Vice President Thomas Durant of the Union Pacific accepted the bet on the spot; Crocker patiently and strategically waited for the day to stage the spectacle, waiting until the UP track was less than 10 miles of the agreed-upon meeting place at Promontory, so there was no chance the UP could break their record;  Union Pacific officials spent the day in CP’s camps, confident that the noble attempt would be for naught; a crack crew of burly Irish rail-layers, armed with heavy tongs, felt up to the seemingly impossible task: Michael Shay, Patrick Joyce, Michael Kennedy, Thomas Dailey, George Elliott, Michael Sullivan, Edward Killeen and Fred McNamara, accompanied by an army of support materials and manpower laid over six miles of track by the noon whistle; pausing for lunch, the team insisted on continuing, refusing to allow the hand-picked back-up crew that was waiting in the wings to take their places; bending rails took another hour, then the crew was off to set a gargantuan record; at the end of the twelve-hour period, the crew had laid 10 miles and 56 feet of track; as soon as their work was done, Jim Campbell, a CP supervisor, ran a locomotive over the entire length of track at forty miles an hour to prove it was a sound job as well; that day each man unbelievably lifted 125 tons of iron, not counting their heavy iron tongs; a total of 25,800 ties, 3,250 rails, 28,136 spikes and 14,080 bolts were utilized in this historic, super-human effort; it was reported that Crocker never got paid the $10,000 Durant wagered, but an unfathomable record had been set that day.
• Location: Five miles southeast of Kosmo on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake; after this historic day, the CP was within 4 miles of Promontory
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding; populations ranged from 17 to 100 resided here during the 1870s and 1880s

Not on original transcontinental railroad, but on by-pass route

• Established: Engineering records indicate that Lucin section station was established on July 6, 1875 by Central Pacific Railroad
• Origin of Name: Named after a fossil bivalve mollusk, Lucina subanta, found in the area
• Miles from San Francisco: 680.5
• Used by Railroad: 1875- 1907
• Railroad Function:  The end-of-track camp 1.7 miles west of historic Lucin, became known as Umbria junction.
• Historic Significance: : Staffed by employees of the Central Pacific and South Pacific Railroads; with construction of the Lucin Cutoff in 1904, the junction of the old line and the new line, just a half mile west. Its name has achieved permanence chiefly due to its becoming the junction point of the old Promontory line of the Central Pacific and the new cutoff, built just after the turn of the twentieth century; the Lucin Cutoff shaved off 44 miles, through steep, winding passages from the original Transcontinental Railroad  
• Location: Located in two different locations; in 1903 the community shifted to its present location, seven miles from Nevada; vies with Etna for the honor of being located nearest the Nevada border, one hundred miles northwest of Brigham City on a direct line and over one hundred twenty miles by road or along the old railroad line; 126 miles (1 hour, 55 minutes) west of Tremonton on I-84 W, then Hwy 30 W; Westernmost point in Utah on “The Promontory Branch of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Utah 1869-1904” map, from Rails East to Promontory The Utah Stations
• Population:  A true ghost town, with no known inhabitants

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name:
• Miles from San Francisco: 686.4
• Used by Railroad: 1899- 1906
• Railroad Function: Railroad siding, apparently uninhabited; provided freighting facilities to local sheep ranchers
• Location: 4.2 miles west of Bovine

• Established: Track laying crews arrived April 5, 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name:
• Miles from San Francisco: 712.8
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1904
• Railroad Function: Railroad section facilities and a small Chinese community; a rail “wye” replaced a light-duty turntable in 1900; abandoned when Lucin Cutoff was established
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah ghost town;  In 1870, population of 15 and 25 in 1876

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Miles from San Francisco: 760.5
• Used by Railroad: 1898- 1909
• Railroad Function: Railroad siding, apparently uninhabited; provided freighting facilities to local sheep ranchers; a point of interest is the parallel grades from both railroads that are still evident;  note that locations of Matataurus and Centre were transposed on  “The Promontory Branch of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Utah 1869-1904” map, from Rails East to Promontory- The Utah Stations
• Location: 2.2 miles east of Centre, on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: Named for the stone monument erected at the site where the rails met
• Miles from San Francisco: 748.6
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1942
• Railroad Function: Site of the famous photograph, showing Leland Standford’s personal train passing the “last wagon train heading west;” had a railroad siding and spur (the spur was known as “Monument, and a rail ”wye’; home of Desert Salt Works; the siding provided freighting facilities to local sheep ranchers
• Location: The northernmost point of the Transcontinental Railroad in Box Elder County, just east of Monument Point
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• Settled:  A stone monument commemorating the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads in 1869 was built at its site
• Origin of Name: This is the point where the Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad joined tracks, completing the Transcontinental Railroad 
• Location: Located north of the northernmost point of the Great Salt Lake on the Central Pacific route, near Pothole Springs
• No Population estimates for this isolated, Northern Utah ghost town 

• Established: In 1873, by Central Pacific Railroad, as a section station
• Miles from San Francisco: 743.9
• Used by Railroad: 1902- 1906
• Railroad Function: Uninhabited railroad siding; provided freighting facilities to local ranchers; siding was removed by the railroad in 1906 and relaid in 1916; a train car body and freight platform were present in 1917
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• 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

• Established: An original construction camp, reached on April 9, 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad, but first documented use was in 1888
• Miles from San Francisco: 686.4
• Used by Railroad: 1888- ??
• Railroad Function: Facilities included a railroad siding, small bumper spur, train car body and loading platform; ground evidence suggests a small, temporary occupation
• Location: 6.8 miles west of Zias, the site is now inaccessible by motor vehicle; after a major flood runoff, the county blocked off the damaged section of road and built a new road around the damaged section
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• Settled: Temporary settlement for the Central Pacific Railroad in 1869
• Origin of Name: Taken from the large promontory, projecting south into Great Salt Lake
• Miles from San Francisco: 772.9
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1942
• Railroad Function:  Built near the site where the two tracks joined, it was just another temporary railroad camp until it was decided the railroad tracks would be joined there; then, things changed rapidly, practically overnight becoming a “Tent City” 
• Historic Overview: From May until November, 1869, a city of tents stood at Promontory Summit, the home to a variety of businesses, railroad workers, and optimistic speculators hoping that this would become a major railroad junction city; however, the two railroads decided to relocate the terminus and transfer operations from Promontory to Ogden, Utah; when the first Central Pacific train scheduled for Ogden went through Promontory on December 6, 1869, the tent city was gone; behind the crowd gathered to witness the uniting of the railroads on May 10, 1869, stood a row of wall tents; all erected during the prior week; its first structures built were tents for the railroad crews and the telegraph agent, including a Wells Fargo office, which operated the overland stage line between the railheads and the Casement brothers’ construction camp; north of the tracks, saloons and restaurants opened to serve workers, travelers, and celebrants coming to watch the driving of the last spike; across the tracks from the row of “rum-holes,” were tents for the railroad workers; nearest the last spike site, telegraphers erected a tent and prepared to send news of driving the last spike throughout the country; by May 10, fourteen tents in two rows paralleled the tracks; inside the largest wall tent, the “grocery” of J. S. Conner served thirsty participants that day; Conner had moved his store from railroad camp to camp; he and other businesses at this junction of the Union and Central Pacific railroads hoped to make a new home at the Promontory; but when the railroads built transfer operations there, it fueled their optimism; however, within weeks of the May 10 ceremony, the instant community of “Promontory City” sprouted over thirty tents- some with wooden false fronts- besides the usual saloons and card rooms, “city” amenities included boarding houses for railroad workers, and fruit and novelty shops with supplies for travelers; beds were in such short supply that agents of the Western Union telegraph, express companies, and the post office usually slept in their office tents; the Central Pacific built a wood-frame telegraph and ticket office; in September, the Union Pacific opened a combined hotel/eating house, ticket and telegraph office, and home for the UP agent and his family; some 100 railroad workers lived around Promontory; a Chinese section crew lived in tents near the west yard; Chinese entrepreneurs operated a laundry; most of the engineers, brakemen, and conductors bunked in the tent city’s row of boarding houses; “travelers bought lunch or snacks, tea or coffee in the tents, and perhaps joined in card games and gambling in the tents;” then, it was gone; The Golden National Historical Site is now operated by the National Park Service.
• Railroad Function: Had several sidings and a railroad “wye,” replaced by a turntable in 1869
• Location: Five miles southeast of Kosmo on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake
• No Population estimates for this isolated, Northern Utah ghost town

• Established: 1895, by Central Pacific Railroad, to accommodate increased real activity and probably area ranchers
• Origin of Name: Named after Red Dome Mountain, located two miles to its north
• Miles from San Francisco: 708.5
• Used by Railroad: 1895- 1907
• Railroad Function: Railroad siding, apparently uninhabited; apparently no support facilities were constructed and siding maintenance terminated in 1907
• Location: 6.2 miles west of Matlin
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah ghost town

• Established: Railroad siding was built in 1899 by Central Pacific Railroad
• Miles from San Francisco: 712.8
• Used by Railroad: 1899- 1906
• Railroad Function: Railroad siding built to accommodate rail traffic and local sheep ranchers; Southern Pacific records indicate that a loading platform and a train car body were located there
• Location: Five miles west of Ombey
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: Originally christened “Camp Victory” when Superintendent Strobridge’s Central Pacific workers rested for lunch after laying six miles of track during their world record “ten-mile race;” in one twelve-hour workday, eight Irish rail workers laid every single rail, picking up and laying down over two million pounds of rail on April 28, 1869
• Miles from San Francisco: 686.4
• Used by Railroad: 1899- 1906
• Railroad Function: Rail siding was built in 1869, a spur whose installation is unknown, was removed in January 1893; an important stop for trains bound for Promontory Summit, located eight miles to the east; “helper” engines stationed at Rozel, assisted freight-laded trains up the Promontory Mountains; features included a section house, train car body, bunkhouse, cookhouse and water tank; a hotel reportedly existed there, but its existence is  unsubstantiated
• Historic Overview: Water was obtained from an artesian well near Antelope Springs via a pipeline of about eight miles; a redwood tank 18 ‘ in diameter and 14’ high held water, which was still used in 1917; facilities existing then included only the water tank a freight platform, a tent platform and bake oven
• Location: Six miles east of Lake on the Central Pacific route, south of the Great Salt Lake
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• Established: Built in 1873 to replace the section facilities formerly at Ten-Mile; there was Seco Townsite and Seco siding, a mile and a half west of the townsite
• Miles from San Francisco: 743.0
• Used by Railroad: 1873- 1901
• Railroad Function: Established in June 1873 as a section station, to accommodate moving facilities from Ten-Mile, which is 3.6 miles east; work crews and inhabitants were Chinese; a well, remnants of dugouts and foundations still exist
• Location: Located between Monument Point and
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding; though the population during peak years was estimated at about 25

• Established: 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: Located ten miles west of original Lake section buildings
• Miles from San Francisco: 746.6
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1873
• Railroad Function: Section station, established in 1869; nearest railroad siding was two miles east at Monument; facilities included a section house, train car body, and water tank; railroad documents indicate that the section facilities at Ten-Mile were moved to Seco in 1873; after 1900 with Seco, Ten-Mile abandoned; newspapers referred to both areas and possibly Nella as Ten-Mile
• Location: 2.2 miles west of Monument Point 
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah rail siding

• Established: Originally the last of the construction camps of The Central Pacific Railroad in 1869, built during construction of the original transcontinental railroad
• Origin of Name: Named for Terrace Mountain, which has terraces left by ancient Lake Bonneville
• Miles from San Francisco: 702.1
• Used by Railroad: 1869- 1910
• Railroad Function: Served as maintenance shop and repair headquarters for the Salt Lake Division; facilities included a 16-stall roundhouse, machine shop, coal sheds, water tanks and an eight-track switchyard; sustained by railroad shops, Terrace prospered and became a population center in northwestern Utah
• Historical Overview:  Terrace served the Central Pacific as the maintenance and repair headquarters for the Salt Lake Division of the railroad; facilities included a 16-stall roundhouse, machine shop, coal sheds, water tanks, and an eight-track switchyard; sustained by the railroad shops, Terrace prospered and was said to be the largest town between Ogden, Utah and Elko, Nevada, but its population dwindled when railroad traffic was diverted by the Lucin cutoff; the rail shop moved to Nevada in 1900 and a subsequent fire destroyed what was left of the community; at one time, Terrace featured a business district, including barber shop, restaurant, general store and mill, grocery & meat store, 2 hotels, Wells Fargo & Company Express, a telegraph, railroad agent, a school,  a saloon, a  justice of the peace and a constable; a commercial center and library, known as the Athenium was a prominent building, along with railroad offices and shops; about 1900 the railroad shops moved to Montello and Carlin, Nevada and the town folded; when the railroad tracks were taken up and scrapped during World War II, Terrace was completely abandoned; today there is little evidence of the once thriving community; it has a cemetery.
• Location: Located along the route of the old transcontinental grade, about 28 miles southwest of Park Valley, UT
• No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah ghost town;  Its 1870 population was reported at 125, and 350 in 1879; Chinese workers, known as “coolies” was not always reported, some estimate up to 500 Chinese lived here