Of the three railroad companies which ran service between Salt Lake City and Ogden a century ago, the routing of the Bamberger was the furthest east, as it ran right through the heart of the cities of Bountiful, Farmington, Kaysville, and Layton.
Today, it is sometimes difficult to find remnants of the Bamberger Railroad's original right of way. Many sections in Davis County were taken by the state in the early 1960s to create the right of way for Interstate 15, which obliterated all traces of the railroad. Only the portion of the old railway which ran along the western edge of Hill AFB is still an active railroad today, `

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This information was collected from review of historical topographic maps created by the US Geological Survey (USGS). These maps are available for free in PDF form. These are the maps used in this work:

Listed in order from north to south:
• USGS Ogden 1955 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/290669 )
• USGS Roy 1955 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/292391 )
• USGS Clearfield 1955 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/352345 )
• USGS Kaysville 1955 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/301504 )
• USGS Kaysville 1969 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/302197 )
• USGS Farmington 1952 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/289846 )
• USGS Salt Lake City North 1951 ( https://store.usgs.gov/product/292083 )

Note: When examining these maps, you may notice that some of the streets had different numbers and/or names than their current numbers and names. Here are a couple biggies that might help when you are comparing the historic maps to the present-day.
• The map shows a street which is 1800 North on Bountiful's grid and 4000 South on Farmington's grid. That street is now 1600 North (Bountiful) and Pages Lane in Centerville
• The road depicted as 3200 South on the Farmington grid is now Centerville's 400 North, also known as Parrish Lane, which is the exit from I-15 for Centerville
• 2900 South (Farmington) is now 1000 North (Centerville)
• All of the West and North streets in Salt Lake City are off by one block as the city reformed its numbering plan in 1970, so the historical maps depict the Bamberger running on 300 West in Salt Lake City, which is actually present-day 400 West