Mainstay power for the Wasatch Mountain Railway meets in the former Rio Grande Heber City yard. No. 35, a Pacific Lumber Company 2-8-2 was built by Baldwin in 1924 while No. 618, an Oregon Short L... (more)
My dad was a weekend engineer/fireman for the Wasatch Mountain Railway (aka the 'Heber Creeper'). He is pictured in the cab of former Pacific Lumber Company 2-8-2 No. 35, built by Baldwin Locomoti... (more)
My dad was a weekend engineer/fireman for the Wasatch Mountain Railway (aka the 'Heber Creeper'). He posed for a picture at Bridal Veil Falls while working former Pacific Lumber Company 2-8-2 No. ... (more)
My father, a Saturday fireman for the Heber Creeper, helps navigate former Pacific Lumber Company 2-8-2 No. 35 (Baldwin, 1924) through the old D&RGW Heber City yard on Aug. 2, 1975.
Santa Maria Valley Railroad 2-8-2 #100 found employment working on the Heber Creeper tourist line in Utah between 1976 and 1985. It was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1926 for Charles E... (more)
Photographed during its last summer of operation on the Heber Creeper, Pacific Lumber Company 2-8-2 #35 whistles on the approach to the Wildwood trestle in scenic Provo Canyon.
Utah's Wasatch Mountain Railway, aka the 'Heber Creeper' traditionally ran doubleheaders on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. On Labor Day '76, Union Pacific 2-8-0 #618 teams up with Pacific Lu... (more)
Here's a location that you can't photograph trains anymore...at one time, the Heber Creeper line through Provo Canyon extended two additional miles from Vivian Park down to Bridal Veil Falls. Majo... (more)
Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-8-2 #35 leads the Heber Creeper tourist train through brilliant fall colors in Provo Canyon. The 35 was the mainstay power for the Wasatch Mountain Railway between 1971 ... (more)