Northern Pacific Railway 62-seat Coach No. 517

Minnesota II was built in 1946 by Pullman for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Numbered 517, it served on both The Mainstreeter and The North Coast Limited. At 85-feet long, it seats 62 passengers and features a smoking lounge (which is, of course, smoke free today). It was sold to the DM&IR by Burlington Northern around 1974, and was the only piece of non-self-propelled STREAMLINE passenger equipment owned by the DM&IR. Minnesota II was officially donated to the museum by the DM&IR in August 2000 and is used on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.