Moore, Keppel & Co., Inc. No. 8

Moore, Keppel & Co, Inc. No. 9 is a three-truck Class B Climax locomotive that was built by the Climax Manufacturing Co. in 1919 for the Moore, Keppel & Co. as #6.
The locomotive was transferred to the Middle Fork Railroad in 1930 and was then sold to Robert L. Johnson, of Rossville, GA, in 1967. It was renumbered #9. In 1967, it was sold to Dry Gulch Junction, Inc. then later it was sold to the Whistles in the Woods, Inc.
The State of West Virginia bought the locomotive in 1970 where it was later donated to Cass Scenic Railroad, as #8 where it used to be stored for several years until being chosen for restoration.
Today the locomotive is still at Cass Scenic Railroad where it used to be under restoration to operating condition but now, since September 5, 2019, #9 officially returned to service upon the completion of the locomotive's restoration.
==Trivia==
*When the restoration of the locomotive was completed, it was renumbered and re-lettered as Moore, Keppel & Co. No. 9.
*Number 9 is one of only two Moore Keppel & Co Climaxes to survive, and of all the Climaxes in the U.S, and is one of even fewer that are being restored or operated.
*Sister locomotive No. 3 is stored at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad.
==Gallery==
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Category:Steam locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:Climax locomotives
Category:Built in 1919
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Category:Restored locomotives
Category:Cass Scenic Railroad
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