William Crooks Locomotive
Ferde Greene Photo
6/3/1924, Conductor Armbaugh, Columbia Falls, Montana
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Historic locomotive during a promotional tour. The William Crooks locomotive is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was first to operate in the State of Minnesota, beginning in 1861. William Crooks was the chief mechanical engineer for the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Crooks laid the initial 10-mile track between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and this locomotive was the first to run on that line.
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