"Replica trains head to This Is the Place: They'll re-enact historic event and haul visitors"

"Replica trains head to This Is the Place: They'll re-enact historic event and haul visitors" by Nancy Perkins, © Deseret Morning News, Sunday, May 6, 2007. (News Article)

"Replicas of two famous trains are on their way to Utah's This Is the Place Heritage Park to re-enact a defining moment in the nation's history. The small-scale, rubber-tired trains are authentic, realistic reproductions of the Central Pacific Jupiter and the Union Pacific 119 ... the park commissioned the handmade trains from Jerry Shipman in Phoenix ... a retired airline pilot who also happens to build small-scale passenger trains. ... " [More]

This Is the Place Heritage Park
2601 East Sunnyside Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
801-582-1847

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