Southern Pacific 1744 on the Heber Creeper, September 1980

Recently-restored Southern Pacific 2-6-0 1744 making its first runs on Utah's Heber Creeper in September 1980. This video was taken by a member of the Promontory Chapter NRHS and given to me in the mid-1990s. Sorry about the quality - video cameras were just not very good in 1980! I think the subject more than makes up for the quality of the video.

[@BenBensonStudios]

I’m glad she’s being restored now.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Me Too! I honestly wish she was still in Texas on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad But at least she will be on home rails for the first time in many years

[@oakrail8100]

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[@WasatchGarandMan]

It will be good to see the old girl run a round Niles. Sad she left Utah in the first place tho

[@atsfevan0242]

Sometimes I forget that 1744 ran on Heber valley til the 90s

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

A few of the locomotives 1744 joined up with are in Kepners collection