Utah Central Railway

The Utah Central Railway (“UCRY”) operates over 34 miles of rail line in and around Ogden, Utah. UCRY’s corporate headquarters are located in the Amalgamated Sugar building in Ogden. The railroad’s maintenance of way and maintenance of equipment departments are also located in Ogden. UCRY interchanges traffic with Class I carriers Union Pacific and BNSF at Ogden, Utah. The railroad provides exclusive rail switching services at Business Depot Ogden, a large industrial park. 

Location:
Ogden, Utah

Headquarters:
Utah Central Railway

P.O. Box 10402
Ogden, Utah 84409
Phone (801)-732-8906
Fax (801) 732-8908

General Manager:
Maurice Bowens
Email: mbowens@ucry.net

Mileage: 34 total miles (25 main line miles)
Equipment: 5 locomotives
Employees: 17

Connecting Railroads: Union Pacific @ Ogden, UT; BNSF @ Ogden, UT.

Primary Commodities Handled:
Sugar, asphalt, lumber, plastic, steel, LP gas, fuel, grain and chemicals.

Major Customers:
Scoular Company, Horizon Milling, SemMaterials, Metalwest, Brenntag Pacific, Inc., Kenco Group, Kellerstrass Oil Co., Amalgamated Sugar and Western Zirconium.

History:
UCRY began operations as a short line rail operator in 1992 on former Union Pacific (UP) Railroad track. The railroad provided service to a grain storage facility situated in the Rio Grande's former West Yard and switched rail cars for Westinghouse Electric at their Western Zirconium plant at Little Mountain. In 2001, UCRY leased from UP the former D&RGW Transfer Yard, UP's Evona Industrial Lead, and the connecting Sugar Works Spur. In 2004, UCRY received Surface Transportation Board approval to provide exclusive switching services over 15 miles of track located within the Business Depot Ogden industrial park. Although UCRY came into existence in 1992, its heritage dates back to 1869.