Union Pacific Railroad 2-8-0 No. 618
Heber City, UT, United States 		Location: Heber Valley Railroad
Status: Out of Service
Posted: Mar 17, 2020 @ 16:03:37 by Erik Newland
This locomotive has been converted to burn oil as its restoration progresses; please change fuel to oil.
Posted: Feb 21, 2016 @ 15:02:56 by Parker Wilson
Work continues on 618. It recently had its tires replaced, and boiler work is mostly complete as well.
Posted: Sep 13, 2015 @ 13:09:55 by Jacob Lyman
The Heber Valley is converting #618 into an oil burner during this renovation.
Posted: Feb 18, 2014 @ 24:02:20 by James F.
The 618 is being overhauled and is looking to have a boiler inspection taken place sometime in 2014. The Heber Valley Railroad is wanting to have the 618 back into service as soon as possible! http://hebervalleyrr.org/specialevents/help-get-the-no-618-back-into-service/
Posted: Apr 29, 2008 @ 19:04:52 by James F.
This locomotive was in the 2007 movie "Outlaw Trail." It was very nice to see!
Posted: Sep 12, 2007 @ 13:09:49 by sc 'doc' lewis
In 2007, to celebrate its 100 year birthday, #618 was backdated as much as practically possible to the original appearance it had as OSL #1068. This included a new livery paint job, removal of the UP headlamp from the center of the smokebox door and placement of a period-appropriate headlamp to the top of the smokebox, among other changes. The engine is due to 'come down' later this year for major overhaul/inspection.
Posted: Aug 7, 2004 @ 14:08:01 by sc 'doc' lewis
UP 618 is acknowledged by many as being the first park displayed engine to come off display and back into operation. UP 618 was donated to the State of Utah in 1958 and sat on display at the State Fairgrounds in Salt Lake City. As it was becoming a liability and as vandalism was starting to take it's toll, the state decided to dispose of it by burying it. The Heber Creeper group was just starting in Heber and the locomotive was rescued from the fairgrounds over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend in 1970. Using compressed air and panel track the locomotive was moved out of the fairgrounds, across North Temple Street to the yards of the Garfield and Western RR. A few days later it 'deadheaded' with a UP freight down to Provo where switching crews positioned it at the Olmstead Power Plant at the mouth of Provo Canyon on the Heber City Branch of the D&RGW. Crews then lifted several sections of rail, permanently insulating the Heber Creeper (subsequently Heber Valley Railroad Historic Authority) from the rest of the world. UP 618 remained property of the State of Utah through the operation and bankruptcies of the Heber Creeper. With the formation of the Heber Valley Railroad Historic Authority (a quasi-state agency) in 1992, UP618 and all rolling stock are property of the State of Utah.
Posted: Sep 5, 2002 @ 11:09:29 by Jeff Terry
Name of this railroad is "Heber Valley Railroad;" no longer known as "Heber Creeper Railroad."