Early morning departure from the Heber City station. UP #618 is hauling a David Rodgers freight charter train.

Steam Locomotive No. 618 is one of the stars of the Heber Valley Railroad locomotive fleet. This historic engine, which turned 100 years old in 2007, has been pulling tourists through the Wasatch ... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Decker’s Bay with a freight, lost in the wintery wonderland of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains on February 6, 2007. The chartered photo freight is operating on ... (more)

On a sparkling morning at a snowy Heber Valley in Utah, Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms by with a freight train at sunrise on February 7, 2006. The wintery action takes place on the Heber Valle... (more)

UP 618 (GP15N) moves into the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver to sort freight cars.

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 steams past frozen wetlands and thistles with a short freight train at Charleston, Utah, on February 7, 2007. This train is being operated for photographers by Heber Va... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 pulls a freight train past an icy cold “Jake’s Pond” near Charleston, Utah, on a winter photo freight operated by Heber Valley Railroad on February 7, 2007.

Don't know for sure the date on this one. But I'm pretty sure it got to be Labor day weekend 1976. Back when it truly was the Heber Creeper. UP 618 and Pacific Lumber Company No. 35 double headed ... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Decker’s Bay with a freight amid the snowy splendor of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains in winter on February 6, 2007. The chartered photo freight is operating o... (more)

A 1953 Buick rolls up to the Edwards Lane grade crossing as Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 and a short freight train approaches in the beautiful Heber Valley near Heber, Utah, on February 6, 2007. Th... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 pulls a short freight train toward Heber, Utah, on the crisp morning of February 7, 2006. This winter photo freight was operated by the Heber Valley Railroad.

On a beautiful winter day in Utah’s Heber Valley, a 1953 Buick and a 1949 Chevrolet pickup wait at the W. 1200 S. grade crossing as Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 thunders by with train 19 just sou... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 and a period freight train pass the still, icy water of Jake’s Pond near Charleston, Utah, on a winter photo freight operated by Heber Valley Railroad on February 7, ... (more)

Dense fog is finally burning off in Utah’s Heber Valley on the morning of February 6, 2007, as Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 storms past with a freight train operated by the Heber Valley Railroad,... (more)

Overnight on February 6, 2007, moisture-laden air settled in over the Heber valley in Utah. Dense fog greeted early morning light and as the sun rose, it finally began burning through the lifting ... (more)