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Museum bill headed to Herbert’s desk

Last updated Friday, February 15, 2013 - 1:22am

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill changing the makeup of the Utah State Museum Authority has cleared the Senate and is headed to the governor’s desk.

Under the bill, the board would include more members from Weber County, adding a representative from Union Station and one from Ogden.

HB 70 was sponsored by Rep. Jeremy Peterson, R-Ogden, and by Sen. Peter Knudson, R-Brigham City.

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People watch as steam engine 844 pulls into Union Station in Ogden on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner

Steam Engine 844 at Union Station on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, September 21, 2012 - 5:06pm

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Kindra Wixom, 9, tours the Union Station with her dad, Joel Wixom, as part of the Day for Kids, sponsored by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis. The event was Saturday, Sept. 14, 2012. (LORETTA PARK/Standard-Examiner)

'A Day for Kids' sponsored by Boys & Girls Club of Weber-Davis

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, September 17, 2012 - 7:40pm

OGDEN — Kindra Wixom just wanted to see the trains before she took on ice skating.

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Zombie Prom at Union Station in Ogden on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 9:04pm

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An old rail car at the Union Station was broken into and set on fire earlier this year. Station officials say vandalism at the station has increased during the past year. (MITCH SHAW/Standard-Examiner)

Union Station's vintage train collection hit by vandalism

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 5:48am

OGDEN — The Eccles Rail Center at Ogden’s Union Station has one of the world’s best collections of locomotives, switch engines, boxcars and cabooses, but recent vandalism has station officials looking for new ways to protect its history.

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Carl Leuschner takes measurements inside the Denver & Rio Grande engine No. 223 for the restoration project at Union Station in Ogden on Saturday.

Volunteers work, work, work to restore locomotive

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 10:10pm

OGDEN — Local railroad buffs are 17 years into a project to restore a historic locomotive at the Union Station.

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(KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner) Richard Couturier looks at old date stamps Tuesday at Union Station.

Mysterious treasures fill the basement at Union Station museum

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 6:24am

OGDEN -- Union Station's railroad museum has railroad watches, lanterns, signs, bells and whistles in profusion.

But an Indian war bonnet from Little Big Horn? Tombstones? A shoe repair outfit?

Richard Couturier spent 13 years cataloging Union Station's very full basement, so little surprises him -- but even he shook his head at the war bonnet.

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Union Station Archive Room

Kera Williams

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 6:58pm

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Madelynn Garcia, 9, watches a train move around the track Saturday at the Hostlers Model Railroad Festival at Union Station in Ogden. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Model trains, Lego layout, tiny ride at fest mesmerizes kids

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:42am

OGDEN — The eyes of adults and children followed the trains weaving their way through intricate model layouts of countryside, construction sites and metropolitan areas.

The 23rd annual Hostlers Model Railroad Festival was full steam ahead.

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Mere Image, representing Layton High School, performs Friday during the Battle of the Bands at Union Station in Ogden. The band took first place, winning $500 in cash and a $500 gift certificate to the Newgate Mall. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Layton High band wins battle after 'epic' performance

Caitlynn Kindall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 7:29am

OGDEN -- "LHS! LHS! Mere Image! Mere Image!" the crowd shouted at the conclusion of the ninth annual Battle of the Bands.

The crowd roared after hearing that Layton High School's representative, Mere Image, had won the competition, although Fremont High's Stegosaurus had the crowd screaming "weekends, parties, late nights, ladies, rock 'n' roll."

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Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:43pm

Chlothel Gale Riddel, of Ogden, died of natural causes Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Interment will be at Ogden City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be sent to the Ogden Rescue Mission. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Union Pacific celebrating 150 years in Utah, across U.S.

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 7:12am

This year, Union Pacific celebrates 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed it into existence. The story of the railroad company is tied closely to the modernization of the American West. People and freight began using the railroad to travel across the country 150 years ago and continue to do so to this day.

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Public invited to watch or help in train restoration sessions

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 12:16am

OGDEN -- The Golden Spike Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society will host its weekly work session Saturday in its ongoing project to restore a Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad steam locomotive to operational status.

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Reception off for African officials

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 12:08am

OGDEN -- A reception to honor a visiting Malian delegation of mayors and city managers, scheduled for Thursday at Union Station, has been canceled. The group was unable to obtain visas to allow them to enter the U.S.

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Historic train engine in Ogden

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 2:41pm

OGDEN -- With the blast of a whistle, Union Pacific Railroad steam locomotive No. 844 rumbled into Union Station on Saturday to the delight of several hundred train enthusiasts.

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