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The locomotive is being restored in Sebastopol and it is anticipated that these efforts will be completed by the end of this year.

The historic locomotive now has a 8-ton boiler and other new features. The overhaul is expected to conclude by the end of the year.

Once fully restored, locomotive No. 9 will be displayed in Mill Valley, CA, very close to where it started its working life in 1921. “The site next to City Hall is about 200 feet from where No. 9 and all the other steam engines fueled up in the morning before a busy day working on Mount Tamalpais,” said Fred Runner, President of Friends of No. 9, the group coordinating the restoration efforts. “We’re lucky No. 9 will be so close to where it began each day and each adventure,” he added...

A group of officials and historians has proposed placing the historic locomotive outside the civic building rather than a controversial spot at Depot Plaza.