Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A2

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SP&S class A-2

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Build date	June 1887

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.	50 in (1,270 mm)
Loco weight	71,550 lb (32,450 kg)
Fuel type	Oil
Boiler pressure	135 psi (0.93 MPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	16 in × 24 in (410 mm × 610 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	13,578 lbf (60.40 kN)

Career
Operators	Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
Class	A-2
Numbers	6
Locale	United States
Disposition	Sold 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

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. To help the new feeder line handle increasing freight traffic, an NP Switcher was sold to the A&CR on August 7, 1907. The SP&S took over the A&CR and on February 24, 1911, obtained all A&CR locomotives. The former A&CR switch locomotive number 1 became SP&S number 6.

Construction history

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

Operational history

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

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

Disposal

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." 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.

Discrepancies

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. Gartner gives dates of 1887 and 1931.

References

^ Gartner 1990, p. 206.
Gartner 1990, p. 136.
Gartner 1990, p. 137.
Gartner 1990, p. 138.
^ Grande 1992, p. 277.
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.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Locomotives

Steam Locomotives

0-6-0:	Class A1 Class A2 Class A3
4-4-0:	Class L-1 Class L-2 Class L-3 Class L-4 Class L-5
4-6-0:	Class D-1 Class D-2 Class D-3 Class D-4 Class D-5 Class D-6 Class D-7
2-6-0:	Class M-1 Class M-2
2-8-0:	Class N-1 Class N-2 Class N-3 Class N-4 Class N-5 Class N-6 Class N-7
2-6-2:	Class F-1
2-8-2:	Class O-1 Class O-2 Class O-3 (539) Class O-4
4-4-2:	Class C-1
4-6-2:	Class H-1
4-8-4:	Class E-1 (700)
4-6-6-4:	Class Z-6 Class Z-8

Diesel Locomotives

Alco:	Alco S-1 Alco S-2 Alco RS-1 Alco RS-2 Alco RS-3 Alco C-415 Alco C-424 Alco C-425 Alco C-636 Alco FA-1 Alco FB-1 Alco FA-2 Alco FB-2
EMD:	EMD NW-2 EMD SW-9 EMD GP-9 EMD E-7A EMD F-3A EMD F-7A
Baldwin:	BLW VO-1000

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