Kiso No. 9
The Kiso Forest Railway No. 9 is a Baldwin 0-4-2RT 6-10 1/3 C91 steam locomotive built in June 1929 in Pennsylvania. It is one of ten locomotives in the last of three total orders built for the Imperial Forestry Bureau of Japan, for use on the Kiso Forest Railway, a 30-inch gauge logging railroad in the Nagano Prefecture in the center of Japan- west of Tokyo and north of Nagoya.
In 2024, the California State Railroad Museum Foundation approved the transfer of ownership of the Kiso No. 9 to the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources. This transfer had been in the works for some time, and our museum’s staff were eager to move the locomotive to our facility to begin evaluation. The Kiso was stored on a standard gauge flatcar indoors at the former Sothern Pacific shop building. It was transferred to a truck for transport to Fremont, where it has made a few static appearances since its arrival.
An in-depth standalone exhibit on the Kiso No. 9 can be found below:
The History Of: The Kiso No. 9
The detailed journey of the Kiso No. 9 narrow gauge steam engine, which travelled from the US to Japan and back.
Citation
"Kiso No. 9", Locomotives, The Railroad Museum at Ardenwood, accessed November 4, 2025, http://museum.spcrrtesttestsite1234567.org/exhibits/show/locomotives/kiso9.