Kennecott Copper Railroad — Bingham Canyon
UT · Bingham Canyon → Copperton
Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0
The railroad that dug the biggest hole in the world.
Heads up: Active mine property — trespassing is illegal and extremely dangerous.
Copper mining at Bingham Canyon turned into an open-pit operation in the early 1900s. For much of the 20th century, trains ran on terraces carved into the pit walls, hauling ore up and out.
The Bingham & Garfield Railway, opened in 1911, carried ore from the mine to the concentrators and smelter on the Great Salt Lake shore. Kennecott later switched much of the haul to trucks and conveyors, and these rail lines went disused.
⚠️ Before you go: every railroad on this map is private property. A line that looks abandoned may still be owned by a railroad, used to store rail cars, or put back into service at any time — sometimes with no warning. Before going near any track, make sure it's truly abandoned (no recent use, rails not polished, no signals or cars stored on it) and that you're allowed to be there. Never assume a track is dead.
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