Published: 21 Oct 2024 › Updated: 21 Oct 2024
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad eastbound passenger train crossing the Bonneville Salt Flats near Salduro, Utah (circa 1912)
About 53 years later on October 21, 1965, George Roeder of Ohio achieved a new motorcycle speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats when he traveled nearly 177 miles per hour.
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