When I make a mistake, I do it front of 67,000 subscribers and many of them are happy to point out the error of my ways. So today, by popular demand: A correction.

Castle Gate is very near the town of Helper. It is nowhere near the town of Heber. I said Castle Gate was near Heber in a column last Tuesday about an old painting found in the basement of Ogden's Union Station. The back of the painting clearly says the painting shows Castle Gate near Helper, and I wrote Helper in my notes. But in the column I wrote Heber. Why?

I believe the technical term is "brain fart." My fingers typed Heber but my eyes saw Helper. Well, I do need new glasses. Many helpful readers called. They were always nice, often amused, but also gently correcting. I happily agreed that, "Yeah, I'm a dope," and we had great fun talking about it.

George Kelly, in Brigham City, lived in Helper for 14 years. "You know half of the Castle Gate was taken down in the 60s when they put the highway through there," he said. "Before they took the South Portal out, you could drive down the canyon and literally see the gate open and close."

Doug Harrop, Mountain Green, is a "35-year railroad man full of hot air," now retired and writing articles in railroad magazines. He's had about 200 published. "I think you made a mistake," he began gently. "What really set me off is that north portal" shown in the painting.

"As you probably know, the Castle Gate had a north and south portal and they blew up the south portal when they rebuilt Highway 6."

In addition to writing articles, Doug is slowly selling his collection of 35,000 slides of railroad scenes. He said some bring good money, and after seeing a few online, I believe him.

I got so many calls that I started telling folks "it's Helper, not Heber" before they could tell me …

via We regret the error, but fixing it sure can be fun | Standard-Examiner.

Thanks, Rudi!