Each year, thousands of people travel to Utah’s pride and joy - the Heber Valley Historic Railroad. It has added vintage trains to its line-up over the years, but this particular story is about it’s original engine - 618. It is an interesting tale of how this engine got to Utah and how it ended up in Heber. This train started it’s life in Texas - where it ran the “Port Houston to Oklahoma-Tulsa” route. This route is interesting because, while the trains are highly guarded when carrying a load - they are ran unprotected when returning empty. It was during one of these return runs that it was hi-jacked and taken west to Utah. It was abandoned here and sat for years. The land owner where the train resided was struck with the idea that he should bury the engine, as was common practice in that era. He did. Years later, during an excavation for a Utah County office building, it was discovered and was transported to Heber, where it lives today as a great tourist attraction.
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March 24th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Classic. I grew up riding this train. Remember when the cars came unhooked going up a hill a couple years ago? That was crazy.