The 15 acre park was acquired by the City and the State in 1951. The Great Northern F-8 class 2-8-0 #1147 was built by Rogers Locomotive Works in 1902. It was donated to the City of Wenatchee in 1956. Designed for service on steep grades, this consolidation type locomotive was the first of a series by Rogers for The Great Northern. It is a G.N. class F-8 with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement, and was one of the last steam engines on The Great Northern rails in the Pacific Northwest. No. 1147 did its first duty between Leavenworth and the Columbia Basin soon after delivery. It was assigned to Wenatchee between 1916 and 1948 and hauled the longest train for its class over the Wenatchee-Oroville branch. This display duplicates in every detail the standard Great Northern main line track of 115 pound steel, fully tie-plated, spiked and anchored on creosoted ties imbedded in 24 inch crushed rock ballast. No. 1147 and tender weigh nearly 129 tons. Engine and tender are 69 feet 8 1/2 inches long. Height from rail to t
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