Great Western Railroad No. 75

Great Western Railroad No. 75 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1907 (serial number 31778) to haul sugar beets and freight on the Great Western Railroad Company of Colorado. It was later retired from revenue service in 1965 and was sold to the Inner-mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, then to Colorado native, Everett Rohrer, who founded the GW 75 corporation with intentions to preserve railroad equipment for movie making purposes. In 1975, it starred in the film "Breakheart Pass" as Wyoming & Northern Railroad #9. 
After Rohrer's death in 1998, #75 was put up for sale. In 1999, #75 was sold to the Heber Valley Railroad, where it was restored for operation, and took part in the 2002 Olympics by carrying the Olympic Torch from Heber City to Soldier Hollow. At the end of the 2002 season, #75 was taken out for a major overhaul but has yet to return to steam since.
==Trivia==
#75 has starred in at least 3 films:
The Professionals, 1966 - Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Claudia Cardinale. #75 was portrayed as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico #903.
Breakheart Pass, 1975 - Starring Charles Bronson. #75 was portrayed as Wyoming & Northern Railroad #9.
A River Runs Through It, 1992 - Starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd. #75 was portrayed as a Great Northern Locomotive.
==See also ==
*Gallery
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