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"Trains of 1862 & 1924 Limited -- Great Northern Railway." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
I expect the 1924 train is the Oriental Limited, Great Northern's crack transcontinental schedule of the time. The locomotive pulling it is one of GN's beautiful 4-8-2 Mountain types.
The "William Crooks" was the first locomotive in Minnesota. It was owned by the St. Paul & Pacific, which was failing miserably until a syndicate led by James J. Hill bought it and revitalized it. The StP&P eventually evolved into the Great Northern. The core members of that syndicate, by the way, became the syndicate that built the Canadian Pacific -- although Jim Hill soon withdrew because of a disagreement over route.
The locomotive in the background is probably the William S. Crooks, which is on display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
[Thanks for the info. It is indeed the William Crooks. - Dave]
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