Ex-NP F-9  Contributor's Pick!       
This is an operable F-9, obviously obtained from the Northern Pacific. They use this one about once a month to pull the passenger coaches and also as a hostler locomotive to move the rolling stock around the yard and also to take a tank car down the mountain to bring it back up full of water for the steam locomotives. Although it is great to see in action, I was told by one of the volunteers at Mineral that running the F-9 is rather a pain due to the lack of visibility, especially going in the backwards direction down the hill.
Date: 1/15/2014 Location: Mineral, WA   Map Show Mineral on a rail map Views: 460 Collection Of:   Gregg Bartley
Locomotives: NP 7012A(F9A)    Author:  Gregg Bartley
Ex-NP F-9
Picture Categories: Yard,Passenger This picture is part of album:  Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
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