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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Parked in one of the bays of the Minnesota Transportation Museum is Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern business car #2352, "Gopher". Its long history started when it was built by the Barney & Smith Car Company of Dayton,, Ohio in 1890 and named "Grand Marais". It started as a 60 foot wooden business car for the Manistique Railway, a Michigan logging railroad. From there, it went through several dynbamic changes. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:26:40 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Originally built for the Manistique Railway (logging rr) as the "Grand Marais", it went through a couple of mergers and was eventually sold in 1925 to William Stephens. He had it rebuilt at the Great Northern's Jackson Street roundhouse. The car was cut in half and approximately 17 more feet were added to allow a second stateroom and crew's quarter to be installed. (See the floor plan below.) We walked through the Gopher taking pictures along the way starting at the left end of the schematic. The album shows the pictures in order as we walked through. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:26:43 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Starting at the enclosed vestibule end is the office area complete with an upright typewriter in a nook. Note the original beautiful woodwork throughout the car - befitting the original lumber company owner! |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:26:46 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Also in the end office area is a leather coach along the windows. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:26:51 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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From the end office area stretches the long hallway with various rooms to the right. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:26:54 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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One of the first rooms along the hallway after the office is the kitchen. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:00 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Next to the kitchen is the busboy sink area. Note the open window to the kitchen for passing dirty pots and pans to the busboy area. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:06 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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The small crew quarters was one of the rooms to the original floor plan after the cut and extend rebuild was done at the Great Northern Jackson Street roundhouse. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:11 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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The toilet is found mid-car making it convenient for owners and crew to use. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:20 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Next to the commode is the shower enclosure. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:25 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Next to the bathroom is the additional stateroom that was added during the rebuilt in 1925. NOte the overhead "Pullman" drop down bed. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:30 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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The "Pullman" drop down bed was raised and lowered by this pulley system. The bed could be tucked away during the day and dropped down at night for a second bed. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:34 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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Ornate stained glass "eye" windows dot the formal parlor at the end of the car. Unfortunately, pictures of the larger stateroom just before the end parlor came out blurry so no record of that room - until I return to the museum! |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:39 AM |
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St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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The formal parlor at the end of the car next to the open vestibule afforded a beautiful view of the countryside as the car rolled along. After the sale to Wm Stevens in 1925 and the massive rebuild of the car, this original wooden business car took on a new and glamorous life. When it reached retirement in the 1950's, it was eventually acquired by the Soo Line when they purchased the MN&S line. It sat in storage until 1984 when the Minnesotra Transportation Museum bought it for the small sum of $2,500. It was moved back to the site of its major rebuild - the Jackson Street roundhouse - and to a restored and preserved life! |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:42 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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A marker light hangs just outside the open end vestibule of the beautifully preserved business car, the "Gopher". |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:45 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
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Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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This is one of two informtation signs the museum has posted by the car to explain its railroad importance and history. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:51 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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| Title: |
MNS Business Car #2352 "Gopher" - Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern |
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This is one of two informtation signs the museum has posted by the car to explain its railroad importance and history. |
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10/14/2023 Upload Date: 1/12/2024 5:27:54 AM |
| Location: |
St Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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