Tags: Locomotive.
William Crooks named after the Colonel of the Minnesota Volunteers’ Sixth Regiment during the American Civil War(and later Chief Mechanical Engineer for the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad) is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was the first locomotive to operate in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Constructed in 1861 for the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad as their number 1 it first provided service a year later in 1862 for the St.
