Talk:William Crooks (locomotive)

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Not on National Register
In consulting official sources, I find that the William Crooks has not been actually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I'm guessing a nomination was submitted in 1974 but it was never officially accepted, likely due in part to the uncertainty about where it would end up at the time. Although a couple non-governmental sources claim otherwise, neither the NPS Focus database nor the Minnesota Historical Society's database confirm that this locomotive is on the NRHP. I am removing the NRHP content from this article. -McGhiever (talk) 00:28, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Image from this article to appear as POTD soon
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:William Crooks at station.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on 2018-11-18. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-11-18. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 23:01, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Namesake history confusion
How is it that the locomotive was built in the year the U.S. Civil War began, but named after someone who earlier served in that war? SlowJog (talk) 00:42, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree that choice of phrasing is suspect and have changed it. More knowledge about the actual Mr. Crooks could help solve the mystery. Captain Eek  Edits Ho Cap'n! 05:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC)