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In the foreground is the Minnetonka, Northern Pacific Railway's first locomotive as it appeared in "Wheels A-Rolling," Chicago Railroad Fair pageant of transportation progress. The Minnetonka, built in 1870, is 27 1/2 feet long, 10 feet 2 inches high, weighs 12 tons and costs $6,700. In comparison, the new 4500 H.P. Diesel locomotives which power the streamlined North Coast Limited are 151 feet 4 inches long, 15 feet high, weigh 345 tons and cost $458,000. The headend of one of the Deisels is shown in the background.

In the foreground is the Minnetonka, Northern Pacific Railway's first locomotive as it appeared in "Wheels A-Rolling," Chicago Railroad Fair pageant of transportation progress. The Minnetonka, built in 1870, is 27 1/2 feet long, 10 feet 2 inches high, weighs 12 tons and costs $6,700. In comparison, the new 4500 H.P. Diesel locomotives which power the streamlined North Coast Limited are 151 feet 4 inches long, 15 feet high, weigh 345 tons and cost $458,000. The headend of one of the Deisels is shown in the background.

Medium/TechniqueBlack and white halftone photolithograph on card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.6333
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ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)