In 1924, the locomotive went on an exhibition tour from Chicago to Seattle. The William Crooks later traveled to New York in 1939 for the New York World’s Fair and then to the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948. It went on display at the Saint Paul Union Depot from 1954 to 1962 when it was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society by the Great Northern and continues to this day on static display at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN. For many years William Crooks was the oldest locomotive in the U.S. operating under it's own power.

This impossibly rare and magnificent NEW MRRHQ Collectible HO Scale Mantua 394-061 "William Crooks" GN 4-4-0 Locomotive is a loving homage to one of the most famous American locomotives. Offered only from 1994-1997, it is also the first Mantua "General" to feature an Operating Headlamp and legendary MC94 Can Motor.

FEATURES:

• C-9 Mint Condition with Mint Original Box and low COA #279.
• Test Track run time only.
• MRRHQ Locomotive Works serviced, tested and certified.
• Factory Installed Operating Headlamp.
• Boiler, Cab, Tender body and frames of heavy cast metal.
• Castings are sharp and clean and include highly detailed boiler fronts, smoke stacks, valves, pipes and rivet heads.
• Real Brass hand rails, fittings, ornate steam domes.
• Cadmium Steel Tender pick-up wheels.
• Legendary MN94 Can Motor.
• Smooth, quiet nylon gears assembled on knurled axles.
• Authentic brass hex-head screws for spacer-assembled side rods.
• Replaceable long-life brass axle bearings.
• Easy rolling needle point truck axles of cadmium plated steel.
• Upgraded with working rear All-Metal Kadee Knuckle Coupler.
• Optional Upgrades Available:
  • TCS MC2-KAC Standard DCC Decoder Installed.
  • DCC/Sound w/Trailing Box Car or Coach. (Contact me for information.)
• Mantua Catalog 1994-1997.

HO Scale 1:87

Dimensions: 7 3/8"L x 2"T x 1"W

Made in U. S. A.