Category:Minnetonka (locomotive)
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English: The Minnetonka was one of the first locomotives owned by the Northern Pacific Railway. It was one of four construction locomotives built in 1870 by en:H. K. Porter, Inc of Philadelphia for the railway. It was first put to work between en:Brainerd, Minnesota and en:Duluth, Minnesota. The locomotive was sent overland to San Francisco and then by ship to en:Kalama, Washington in 1871. The Minnetonka then worked between Kalama and en:Tacoma, Washington.
In 1886, the locomotive was sold and it was used in logging operations until 1928, having survived a forest fire on the middle fork of the en:Hoquiam River in Washington state in 1902. The Minnetonka had been forgotten and abandoned in the timber country near Hoquiam until 1933. After it was re-discovered, the Northern Pacific restored it to working condition and first displayed its old locomotive at the 1933 en:Century of Progress in Chicago. Today the Minnetonka is on exhibit at the en:Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.
Media in category "Minnetonka (locomotive)"
The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total.
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Minnetonka, at the 1939 NY World's Fair.jpg 2,274 × 1,792; 734 KB
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Northern Pacific - 1 Minnetonka 0-4-0 steam locomotive 2 (19349661662).jpg 2,656 × 3,559; 2.77 MB
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Northern Pacific - 1 Minnetonka 0-4-0 steam locomotive 3 (19169599029).jpg 2,903 × 3,060; 3.71 MB
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Northern Pacific - 1 Minnetonka 0-4-0 steam locomotive 4 (19359769821).jpg 2,879 × 3,058; 2.73 MB
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Northern Pacific - 1 Minnetonka 0-4-0 steam locomotive, 1870.jpg 3,086 × 2,852; 2.84 MB
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Northern Pacific locomotives.jpg 2,400 × 3,200; 2.13 MB
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Northern Pacific Minnetonka 1939.jpg 720 × 582; 357 KB
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Northern Pacific Railroad locomotive (4860577185).jpg 768 × 579; 70 KB
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Old Timers at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth MN.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.11 MB
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The "Minnetonka," ca 1885 (MOHAI 6879).jpg 700 × 560; 70 KB
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The Minnetonka.jpg 545 × 276; 54 KB