DISPLAYED AT DOUGLAS STATION, 1969

For the majority of the 1969 No.9 was displayed in the former goods yard at Douglas Station which was made into a makeshift open-air museum displaying several items of stock, also including No.1 Sutherland, No.6 Peveril, No.16 Mannin and several items of goods stock.





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