An unsung victim of the BNSF merger of 1996, historic pioneer Northern Pacific locomotive "Minnetonka" sits on the cement floor of a parking garage at the BN headquarters campus in Fort Worth soon... (more)

The Minnetonka's steam gauge hasn't registered steam pressure since 1959, when it was last steamed up to film a television commercial in Seattle. Since 1976 its been displayed indoors at the Lake... (more)

Two Minnesota "firsts" are displayed at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. The 4-4-0 "William Crooks" was the first steam locomotive in the State of Minnesota, arriving by boat in 1861.... (more)