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Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A2

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SP&S class A-2[1]
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works
Build dateJune 1887
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.50 in (1,270 mm)
Loco weight71,550 lb (32,450 kg)
Fuel typeOil
Boiler pressure135 psi (0.93 MPa)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size16 in × 24 in (410 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort13,578 lbf (60.40 kN)
Career
OperatorsSpokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
ClassA-2
Numbers6
LocaleUnited States
DispositionSold to St. Helens Terminal and Dock on June 30, 1931

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway No. 6 was the only locomotive in Class A-2. Purchased from the Northern Pacific Railway for A. B. Hammond's Astoria and Columbia River Railway, number 6 came to the SP&S secondhand. It was used as a switch locomotive until 1931 when it was sold to the St Helens Terminal and Dock Co. at St. Helens Oregon.

Background

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The Astoria and Columbia River (A&CR) ran from Astoria to Goble, Oregon, where the A&CR met the Northern Pacific. In 1907 the NP purchased the A&CR to be a feeder line for the new Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.[2] To help the new feeder line handle increasing freight traffic, an NP Switcher was sold to the A&CR on August 7, 1907.[3] The SP&S took over the A&CR and on February 24, 1911, obtained all A&CR locomotives.[4] The former A&CR switch locomotive number 1 became SP&S number 6.

Construction history

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Number 6 was built for the Northern Pacific by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1887. Its builder's number was 8617.[1]

Operational history

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SP&S Number 6 continued with switching duties at Astoria, Oregon. On June 30, 1931 SP&S Number 6 was sold to the St. Helens Terminal and Dock Company.

Numbering

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Originally numbered NP 386, and then NP 988,[5] the A&CR numbered NP 988 as A&CR Number 1. The SP&S renumbered A&CR 1 to SP&S Number 6.

Disposal

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SP&S Number 6 was sold to St. Helens Terminal & Dock Co (StHT&D Co). Grande Claims that Number 6 then "blew up and was scrapped."[5] However he gives no dates for this. Gartner only states that when the SP&S bought the St.HT&D Co in 1933 that an SP&S locomotive (SP&S 201) had to be brought in.[6]

Discrepancies

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Gartner and Grande differ on several dates. Grande gives a build date of 1897. He also states that the date SP&S No. 6 was sold to the StHT&D Co was 1921.[5] Gartner gives dates of 1887 and 1931.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gartner 1990, p. 206.
  2. ^ Gartner 1990, p. 136.
  3. ^ Gartner 1990, p. 137.
  4. ^ Gartner 1990, p. 138.
  5. ^ a b c Grande 1992, p. 277.
  6. ^ Gartner 1990, p. 143.
  • Gartner, John T (1990). North Bank Road, The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. WSU Press.
  • Grande, Walt (1992). The Northwest's Own Railway. Vol. 1. Grande Press.
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