Kanda station (Union Pacific Railroad)

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Kanda, Wyoming
General information
LocationPurple Sage Road
Just south of the I-80
in Purple Sage, Wyoming
Coordinates 41°32′32″N109°20′27″W / 41.5423°N 109.3408°W / 41.5423; -109.3408
Line Union Pacific Railroad
History
Opened1868
Closed1971
Former services
Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station
Terminus Overland Route Terminus
Green River
toward Ogden
Rock Springs
toward Council Bluffs Transfer
Location
Kanda station (Union Pacific Railroad)

Kanda, Wyoming (Kanda gorge) is a former train stop west of the city of Purple Sage, Wyoming in Sweetwater County. The Kanda elevation is 6,204 feet (1890 meters). It was served by the Union Pacific Railroad and used from 1868 till about 1971. The stop was 7 miles west of the Rock Springs station. [1] [2] . In 1868, the Union Pacific Railroad arrived at Kanda as part of the first transcontinental railroad. [3] [4] [5] The second track, put along the first track, which was laid in 1968, was installed in 1910. [6] [7]

The Union Pacific Railroad used the site as a train stop, as Kanda was a stagecoach stop on the Overland Trail Route, the Overland Stage Line. [7] [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System – (#08001306)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Green River Commercial District".
  3. ↑ "USGS: Geological Survey Bulletin 612 (Itinerary)". www.nps.gov.
  4. ↑ Union Pacific Railroad table
  5. ↑ Union Pacific Railroad table miles
  6. ↑ Union Pacific Railroad utahrails.net
  7. 1 2 Walters, Paul. "Union Pacific From Point of Rocks to Granger: Wherein Mighty Dog Clashes with the Serpent".
  8. ↑ "The Overland Trail in Wyoming | WyoHistory.org". wyohistory.org.
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