Draft:Great Western 75

Great Western 75 is a 2-8-0 consolidation Steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works on September 1907 to haul sugar beets and freight on the Great Western Railroad Company of Colorado. The locomotive was retired on 1965 and was sold to the Intermountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, then to Colorado native Everett Rohrer who founded the GW 75 Company to preserve vintage railroad equipment for movie-making purposes. On November 4, 1966 the locomotive appeared in The Professionals masquerading as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico 903. On December 25, 1975 Christmas Day, the locomotive appeared in Breakheart Pass masquerading as Wyoming & Northern Railroad 9. On October 9, 1992 the locomotive appeared in A River Runs Through It masquerading as Great Northern 75. After Rohrer’s death in 1998, his daughter Melanie and son-in-law, and John Pickar took over the company. The Pickar’s, knew that the Heber Valley Railroad would be a good home of Rohrer’s collection, and sold No. 75 and the Movie Train to long journey from Colorado to the State of Utah and was reconditioned inside the Heber Valley Railroad’s shop along with UP 618 in April 1999. On May 29, 2000, No. 75 made its first public trip of the Heber Valley Railroad, after the work was completed on Memorial Day. In 2002 the locomotive was out of service for a major overhaul. As of 2024 the locomotive is now in storage and not sure when it'll return to service.

Appearances in media

 * In 1966 the locomotive appeared in the film The Professionals, dressed as FN de M 903 by Richard Brooks.
 * In 1975 the locomotive appeared in the film Breakheart Pass, dressed as W&NR 9 by Tom Gries
 * In 1992 the locomotive appeared in the film A River Runs Through It, dressed as GN 75 by Robert Redford.