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 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 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 4-6-2

• 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. All six were retired in 1960.
• Z-8 numbers 910–911 were built by Alco in 1944 and retired in 1956.

Diesel Locomotives

Most of these locomotives were purchased new by the SP&S. Some were, however, purchased second-hand from the Great Northern. 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 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

• 50–51
• 52-55 ex Oregon Electric Railway.

Alco RS-2

• 60–62 Steam boilers added from the 800-802.
• 63-64 ex GN

Alco RS-3

• 65–82 Phase 1 RS-3's
• 83-84 ex GN 231-232 Phase 1 RS-3's
• 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 Original steam boilers were too small. They were installed into the 60-62, after bigger ones were put into the 800-802.

EMD F-7A

• 803–806

Alco FA-1

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

Alco FB-1

• 200–207
• 208–211 (ex-Great Northern)

Alco FA-2

• 868–869

Alco FB-2

• 212–213

EMD GP38

• 200-205 (2nd) Ordered by the SP&S, but the first painted for the Burlington Northern.

References

• Drury, George H. (1983), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, pp. 374–376, ISBN 0-89024-206-2, LCCN 93-41472 

• Keyes, Norman C. (Jr.); Kenneth R. Middleton (Autumn 1980). "The Great Northern Railway Company: All-Time Locomotive Roster, 1861–1970". Railroad History (Boston, Massachusetts: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.) (143): p. 114. ISSN 0090-7847.