Heber Valley Railroad
Today we boarded the Heber Valley Railroad at the Heber City
depot for the 16-mile excursion to Vivian Park.
Three heavyweight passenger cars and a baggage car (outfitted for food
and beverage service) were pulled by an EMD Military Road Switcher (MRS-1) built
originally for the United States Army Transportation Corps in April 1952. To read further information about this unique
locomotive manufactured with multigauge trucks by both EMD and ALCO, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_MRS-1. (The article also includes history of locomotive #1813.)
For more about the Heber Valley Railroad’s history, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_Valley_Railroad.