On Monday, after 101 years away, the last piece of the Mt Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, Engine No 9, returned to the first place it...

Engine Number 9, sole surviving locomotive of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, will be featured in Mill Valley’s Memorial Day...

The final coats of paint are dry. Hand lettering is underway. We’re not done yet but No. 9 will be "ready for its closeup" when it goes...

After more than five years of meticulous restoration work, Engine No. 9 will make its first public appearance from May 24 through May 26...

This last winter the Friends of No. 9, began the last bit of heavy restoration for Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Engine No. 9. Joe Breeze...

This summer Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Engine No. 9 will go on short-term exhibit at the California Sate Railroad Museum in Sacramento....

Sometimes it’s good to take a look back to see how far we’ve come. Two years ago a large part of Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Engine No. 9...

Take a Zip Trip tour of Mill Valley with KTVU and Friends of No. 9 board member, Eric Macris.

It’s been 3 years since the cab was removed from Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Engine No. 9. Today, the restored and painted cab, the place...

The heart of a steam engine is inside the boiler where a roaring 1800º flame burns furiously, working to turn cold water into the high...

Boatbuilder Jeremy Fisher-Smith is building a new “cowcatcher” for Engine No. 9 in his workshop on the shores of Tomales Bay. A...

Yesterday, the Friends of No. 9 successfully returned the refurbished boiler to No. 9’s frame. It was a perfectly warm sunny day. The...

Restoration work on Tamalpais Engine No. 9 is moving along nicely. In the last few weeks newly fabricated sheetmetal jacketing was...

Our last update for 2023 befits the season. For the first time in decades No. 9’s big brass bell sparkles. No. 9’s bell has been polished...

Among the challenging parts of restoring Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods engine No. 9 is recreating a complicated piece called the pilot....

Ryan Millerick, Don Millerick’s son, sent updated photos of No. 9’s boiler work this week.  The most dramatic shows the smokebox, the...

No. 9’s “V-twin” steam motor has been rehabbed— pressure washed, steam cleaned, primed, painted—and now mounted on the frame On Friday,...

The geared wheels of Mt Tamalpais & Muir Woods No. 9 make it a hill climber. It is an early “all-wheel-drive” vehicle, an unusual thing...

The heart of a steam locomotive is its boiler. Inside the bulky steel housing, an 1800º inferno burns furiously working to quickly turn...

The Friends of No. 9 have been digging deeply into the technical weeds in our restoration of Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Engine No. 9. By...