Western Railroad Discussion > Heber Valley Railroad and the G&W

Here is the real story about why the caboose at the Heber Valley Railroad is painted in the Genesee & Wyoming colors. HVRR and the G&W worked out a deal to trade one of HVRR's caboose a ex-Mopac painted for the Buffalo & Pittsburgh and in return the HVRR would get a Utah Railway snow spreader and a Utah Railway caboose to be restored as Utah Railway which is owned by the G&W.

Photo #1 The freshly painted and refurbished Buffalo & Pittsburgh caboose poses for pictures next to the recently restored and operating semaphore at the south end of the yard in Heber. 4/1/2011

Photo #2 The Utah Railway caboose and snow spreader that HVRR will be acquiring from the trade with G&W at the Utah Railway yard in Martin, UT. 7/22/2010

Kerry Klarr



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/11 07:00 by kklarr.

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Photo #3 Utah Railway spreader #0100 Martin UT. 7/22/2010

Photo #4 Utah Railway caboose #63 Martin UT. 7/22/2010

Kerry Klarr

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Will they have to make this swap by doing it with 18 wheelers or is there still an active and viable railroad connection with the Heber valley?

Con

They will need to truck everything there is no rail connections to Heber, the plans are to take the B&P caboose to Martin and bring back the Utah Railway equipment at the same time, I'm sure it will take two trips for the Utah Railway equipment.

xtra1188w Wrote:
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> Will they have to make this swap by doing it with
> 18 wheelers or is there still an active and viable
> railroad connection with the Heber valley?
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> Con



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/11 07:18 by kklarr.

Dig that 3-tab home roofing on top of the spreader.

I picture the Utah Railway caboose riding on a flatbed trailer topping Soldier Summit on Hwy. 6. That would be a great shot.

James Belmont
Salt Lake City

Pretty cool little deal they worked out. Nice to see this equipment preserved and put to further use. As for that orange on the shorty road caboose, it makes this Mo-Pac fan weep a little inside.

Pump

Great deal! Love seeing preservation groups doing creative trades like this.

Z