Customer service provided by highly skilled and dedicated employees
has been the cornerstone of Utah Railway's success over the years.
We take pride in our can-do attitude toward exceeding our
customers' expectations and attracting new customers to the
railroad.
URC transports more than 90,000 carloads of freight per year in
central and northern Utah, including line haul and switching
service. We operate over 45 miles of owned track and 378 miles
under track access agreements with Burlington Northern Santa Fe
(BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP).
URC's core business is the movement of coal. Our railroad has
been an integral part of Utah's coal industry, having transported
more than 140 million tons of coal in its history. Today URC
transports some 60,000 carloads of coal each year for movement to
power plants and industrial customers.
Additionally, URC acts as a switching agent in the Salt Lake
City, Provo and Ogden areas of Utah for BNSF. URC has connections
with BNSF and UP at Provo and Utah Railway Junction, as well as at
Grand Junction, Colorado. We directly serve over 50 shippers of
various sizes with volumes ranging from a single car to 100-car
unit trains of commodity.
URC also owns the Salt Lake City Southern Railroad Company, which
serves more than 30 freight customers in the Salt Lake Valley
between downtown Salt Lake City and Draper, a distance of 25 miles.