William Crooks (locomotive)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.	28 in (711 mm)
Driver dia.	63 in (1.600 m)
Length	50 ft 8 1⁄4 in (15.45 m)
Loco weight	55,400 lb (25,100 kg)
Tender weight	17,975 lb (81,530 kg)
Boiler pressure	110 psi (760 kPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	12 in × 22 in (300 mm × 560 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Co.
Build date	1861
Rebuild date	1869; 1924

William Crooks (locomotive)
William Crooks (locomotive)
	En route to the New York World’s Fair in 1939
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Co.
Build date	1861
Rebuild date	1869; 1924
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.	28 in (711 mm)
Driver dia.	63 in (1.600 m)
Length	50 ft 8 1⁄4 in (15.45 m)
Loco weight	55,400 lb (25,100 kg)
Tender weight	17,975 lb (81,530 kg)
Boiler pressure	110 psi (760 kPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	12 in × 22 in (300 mm × 560 mm)
Factor of adh.
Performance figures
Factor of adh.	7.65
Operators
Career
Operators	St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, Great Northern Railway
Class	1
Numbers	1
First run	June 1862
Retired	September 1897 (revenue service); 1954 (excursion service)
Restored	1908
Current owner	Minnesota Historical Society, loaned to Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Disposition	On static display

The William Crooks is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive, which became the first to operate in the State of Minnesota, beginning in 1862. It was named after William Crooks, the Chief Mechanical Engineer for the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Crooks laid the initial 10-mile (16 km) track between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the William Crooks was the first locomotive to run on the line.