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NP Caboose #1264 - Northern Pacific |
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This expertly restored Northern Pacific caboose #1264 sits just outside the entrance to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. It was built by the South Baltimore Car Works in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1901 as NP #1144. NP #1144 was just one of 30 cabooses built to handle the Northern Pacific shortage. The purchase price of No. 1144 in 1901 was $994.76. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/2/2024 7:51:53 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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NP Caboose #1264 - Northern Pacific |
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"Main Street of the Northwest" and the iconic ying-yang logo were two concepts the Northern Pacific corporate leaders used to set themselves apart from the sister railway, Great Northern. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/2/2024 8:00:42 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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NP Caboose #1264 - Northern Pacific |
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The Northern Pacific logo used the more subtle yin yang design, emphasizing the railway’s part as a route to the Orient. The logo was adapted from a symbol nearly 1,000 years old. The design is called the great Chinese Monad, or the Diagram of the Great Extreme. Just by luck, the Chief Engineer for the Northern Pacific, E. H. McHenry, saw the symbol at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and promoted the design through the NP leadership. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/2/2024 8:00:46 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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NP Caboose #1264 - Northern Pacific |
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Originally built as a 26 foot caboose, it was later shortened to 24 feet in July of 1939 during its major overhaul. A steel underframe was applied, replacing the original wooden one. After 41 years as #1144, it was renumbered in May of 1942 to NP #1264.. When this car was retired in 1969 it was the oldest caboose still in service on the railroad. The car's history became foggy and was listed as dismantled. However, a cNP aboose carrying the number "1294 acquaired by the Minnesota Transportation Museum turned out to be the mislabeled NP #1264. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/2/2024 8:00:49 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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NP Caboose #1264 - Northern Pacific |
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While at the Minnesota Transportation Museum, the car served as an office for the supervisor of renovation work at the roundhouse. Subsequently the car was moved to the east side of the roundhouse to make room for major renovation work on the west side of the building. In 2000 the Museum undertook major reconstruction of No. 1264 to replace timbers and siding which had decayed. During the process of rebuilding, workers discovered the caboose’s correct number, 1264, stamped into some of its window frames. Such a stamping of a car number was a common practice at railroad shops so that parts from different cars would not get mixed up. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/2/2024 8:00:52 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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