Restoration Update: The Cab is Back
- Friends of No. 9
- Jul 12, 2024
- 1 min read
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 where the the engineer and fireman worked monitoring water levels, the fire, and steam and air pressure, was carefully lowered onto the frame of Engine No. 9.
Nearly all the big pieces are back on No. 9. The pilot or “cowcatcher” is waiting to be mounted. But the rest is largely “small stuff”, the detail pieces.
Work has been intermittent this summer. On days when the temperature is 90º or more, the black steel of No. 9 gets so hot it’s hard to handle.
Photos below show the cab in the air and how No. 9 looked as we finished the day and for contrast, in 2018.
As always, we thank everyone that makes this work possible. We can’t do it without you.
Thank you,
Fred Runner
President
Friends of No. 9, Inc.
A Nonprofit Corporation
The 1,000-pound restored cab is hoisted over No. 9 and carefully lowered into positing. Everything fit perfectly.
No. 9 at Scotia, California, one month after Friends won the auction and began assessing the work to be done.
Monte Deignan photo.
Comments