Completed in July 1909 at a cost of $500,000, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City passenger station is a beautiful monument to the golden age of passenger train travel. The structure was built in the Early French Renaissance architectural style with a vaulted waiting room, mansard roof, and two wings housing the the dining, baggage, mail, and express rooms. The painted mural depicts the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, Utah in 1869. The depot saw it's last regular passenger service in 1986 when Amtrak's California Zephyr, Desert Wind, and Pioneer trains moved to the nearby D&RGW depot.
Depicts Amtrak's "Pioneer" service, which operated from Denver to Seattle, via Salt Lake City and Boise. The route was discontinued in 1997, thus leaving most of the upper Intermountain region without passenger rail service since.
Depicts Amtrak's "Desert Wind" service, which operated from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, via Las Vegas. Its discontinuance in 1997 left the lower Intermountain region, including Las Vegas, without any passenger rail service since.
