Spokane, Portland and Seattle Locomotive Roster

The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) locomotive roster was a combination of new and used locomotives. Please note that this is not a comprehensive roster.

Steam Locomotives

Most of these locomotives were purchased or leased from the SP&S's parent roads Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. The 4-8-4 Northerns and 4-6-6-4 Challengers were purchased new.This roster groups steam locomotives by their wheel arrangement.

Class A 0-6-0

These locomotives were used primarily as yard switchers in terminals like Wishram, Washington or Vancouver, Washington.

* A-1 numbers 1–5.
* A-2 number 6.
* A-3 numbers 7 and 8.

Class L 4-4-0

Class D 4-6-0

* D-1 numbers 100–109 were built by Baldwin in 1910 for the Great Northern as their class E-14. They were quickly transferred to the SP&S where they served until six were rebuilt to Class H-1 in the 1927–1930 period, with the remaining four being scrapped in 1937.

Class M 2-6-0

Class N 2-8-0

Class F 2-6-2

* F-1 numbers 450–456

Class O 2-8-2

* O-1 numbers 500–513 (mostly ex-GN)
* O-2 number 525
* O-3 numbers 530–539 were a group of Mikados built at Dunkirk in 1913 and 1917 for the Northern Pacific as their class W-3. They were sold to SP&S between 1925 and 1944, and were retired in the 1953–1957 period.
* O-4 numbers 550 and 551 were a pair of Mikados built for the Great Northern by Baldwin. They were sold to the SP&S in April 1950, and scapped in April and May, 1953.

Class C 4-4-2

* C-1 numbers 600–609 were identical to Great Northern's K-1 class. They were built for the SP&S by Baldwin in 1909 and retired in the 1937–1949 period.

Class H 4-6-0

* H-1 numbers 620–626 were rebuilt from D-1 class locomotives 102–105, 107 and 109. They were retired in 1952 and 1953.

Class E 4-8-4

* E-1 numbers 700–702 were identical to Northern Pacific Railway's A-3 class 4-8-4 locomotives. There were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1938 and retired in 1960. The 700 has been preserved.

Class Z 4-6-6-4

There were two groups of 4-6-6-4 locomotives, both were identical to the Northern Pacific Railway class of the same name, but were fuel by oil instead of coal.
* Z-6 numbers 900–905 built by Alco in 1937. Two engines (903 & 904) were sold to the Great Northern Railway in January 1940, as GN 4000 & 4001, for equalization of GN traffic over the Oregon Trunk. There were subsequently repurchased in March 1950 and July 1946 respectively. [*cite journal|last = Keyes|first = Norman C. (Jr.)|coauthors = Kenneth R Middleton |year = 1980
month = Autumn|title = The Great Northern Railway Company: All-Time Locomotive Roster, 1861–1970|journal = Railroad History (journal of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.|issue = 143|pages = 114] All six were retired in 1960.
* Z-8 numbers 910–911 were built by Alco in 1944 and retired in 1960.

Diesel Locomotives

Most of these locomotives were purchased new by the SP&S. Some were, however, purchased second-hand from the parent roads. The SP&S gained some notoriety with railroad fans for its large proportion of diesels manufactured by Alco. For detailed info see John Gaertner's book or [http://www.spshs.org SP&S Historical Society]

Alco S-1

*10, 11

Alco S-2

*20–28

Baldwin VO-1000

*30–34

EMD NW-2

*40–42

EMD SW-9

*43–45

Alco RS-1

*50–55

Alco RS-2

*60–64

Alco RS-3

*65–84 (a few ex GN in this group) Phase 1 RS-3
*90–98 Phase 3 RS3's.

Alco C-415

*100, 101

EMD GP-9

*150–155

Alco C-424

*300–306

Alco C-425

*310–317
*320–327

Alco C-636

*330–335
*340–343

EMD E-7A

*750

EMD F-3A

*800–802

EMD F-7A

*803–806

Alco FA-1

*850–863
*862–865 (ex Great Northern)
*866–867

Alco FB-1

*200–205
*206–209 (ex-Great Northern)

Alco FA-2

*868–869

Alco FB-2

*212–213

References

*cite book
last = Drury
first = George H
title = Guide to North American Steam Locomotives
publisher = Kalmbach Publishing Company
location = Waukesha, WI
year = 1993
pages = 374–376
isbn = 0890242062

*cite journal
last = Keyes
first = Norman C. (Jr.)
coauthors = Kenneth R. Middleton
year = 1980
monthe = Autumn
title = The Great Northern Railway Company: All-Time Locomotive Roster, 1861–1970
journal = Railroad History
publisher = Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.
issue = 143
pages = 114