[4][3] In 1984, the Mid-Winter Fair's operator donated 2353 to the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, with physical transfer of the locomotive occurring in summer 1986.

Over the next ten years, volunteers restored 2353 to working order, with its first public appearance under steam happening on March 2, 1996.

2353 then went back on the rails one more time on November 16, 2019, during the San Diego and Arizona Railway's 100th Anniversary, held at the museum.

Southern Pacific 2355 has been on static display in Mesa, Arizona's Pioneer Park since 1958.

[9] The locomotive was also seen when the Irish girl group B*Witched filmed the music video of their hit single "Jesse Hold On" in 1999.