The locomotive was retired in the mid-1950s and was purchased by F. Norman Clark for use on his Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, where it still operates.

F. Norman Clark purchased Dixiana in 1958 for the Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad which he was setting up in Felton, California.

From there it was taken to Watsonville Junction and transferred over the Santa Cruz Branch Line to Felton.

[3] Dixiana was restored to operation and converted to burn bunker oil instead of coal to prevent trackside fires.

The restoration was completed on April 6, 1963, when Dixiana pulled its first passenger train at Roaring Camp.