Engine
number nine with a train set of freight cars sitting next to the
Laws Train Depot. There is just enough narrow gauge track for
the train to rest on at the museum. At one time the Slim Princess
traveled the length of the Owens Valley transporting goods and
supplies to farms, mines and towns of the valley. Number 9 ran
twice-a-week between Laws and Keeler. No.9 was originally built
for the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway, when the railway closed
in the 1920s, the 1909 Baldwin was purchased by the Southern Pacific
for use on the Carson & Colorado along with engines 8 and
18. All three steam locomotives continued run until 1954, when
the SP purchased a General Electric diesel. Engine No.8 was given
to the city of Carson City, Nevada, where it is on display today.
Engine 18, is displayed at Dehy Park in Independence, California.
No.9 continued to be used until 1959, when its boiler was condemned.
The following year it was towed to Laws and placed on display
alongside the depot, shortly after the Keeler branch was abandoned. |
