Trains Presents: Transcon Back Country Byway

Join us for an adventure in the Utah desert! Ride with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn as he drives the original roadbed of the first transcontinental railroad west of Promontory. See where the Central Pacific built 10 miles of track in one day and where the tracks crossed the salt marshes. Explore the sites of railroad ghost towns and lost railroad sites far away from it all. Get lost with us in the middle of nowhere and find your way out. It’s all here. Get an appropriate beverage, turn up the speakers, and ride along with us on the Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway.