Spokane, Portland and Seattle Locomotive Roster

The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) locomotive roster was a combination of new and used locomotives. 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	Wheel arrangement	Quantity	Fleet number(s)	Manufacturer	Serial numbers	Year made	Year(s) retired	Comments
A-1	0-6-0	5	1–5	Alco (Man.)	44740–44744	1907	1946–1952	Acquired new
A-2	0-6-0	1	6	Baldwin	8617	1887	1931	ex Astoria & Columbia River 1; exx NP 988, class I; acquired 1911
A-3	0-6-0	2	7–8	Alco (Schen.)	54403–54404	1914	1952	Acquired new
L-1	4-4-0	1	50	Schenectady	2785	1889	1928	Ex CR&N 2; acquired 1908
L-2	4-4-0	1	51	Hinkley	1469	1881	1916	Ex CR&N 1; acquired 1908
L-3	4-4-0	1	52	Cooke	1731	1886	1919	Ex Astoria & Columbia River 4; acquired 1911
L-4	4-4-0	2	53–54	Rogers	3410–3411	1883	1920–1924	Ex Astoria & Columbia River 6–7; acquired 1911
L-5	4-4-0	2	55–56	Schenectady Baldwin	4644 6972	1897 1883	1915–1930	Acquired 1911, 1915
D-1	4-6-0	10	100–109	Baldwin	33055…36481	1910	1927–1937	Ex GN 1043–1052, class E-14; acquired 1910. Six rebuilt to class H-1 (1927–1930); remaining four scrapped in 1937
D-2	4-6-0	2	150–151	Baldwin	36480–36481	1911	1948–1950	Acquired new
D-3	4-6-0	3	152, 157–158	Schenectady	4703…4710	1898	1938–1941	Ex NP 258, 251, 257; class P. Acquired 1911
D-4	4-6-0	3	153–155	Cooke	2375–2377	1898	1937–1946	Ex Astoria & Columbia River 16–18. Acquired 1911
D-5	4-6-0	1	156	Baldwin	23931	1904	1937	Ex Spokane and Inland Empire Railway 2. Acquired 1911
D-6	4-6-0	1	159	Rogers	5772	1902	1937	Ex Pacific and Eastern 3, né Great Northern 938, class E-6. Acquired 1912
D-7	4-6-0	3	160–162	Baldwin	34899–34901	1910	1944	Ex Great Northern 1074–1076, class E-15. Acquired 1925
M-1	2-6-0	1	200	Baldwin	9546	1888	1928	Ex Northern Pacific 522, class D-3. Acquired 1909
M-2	2-6-0	1	201	Brooks	2371	1893	1944	Ex Great Northern 420, class D-4. Acquired 1925
N-4	2-8-0	6	300–305	Baldwin	9507…11949	1888–1891	1937–1945	Ex Northern Pacific class F-1. Acquired 1925
N-5	2-8-0	1		Baldwin	9524	1888	1937	Ex Northern Pacific 79, class F-1. Acquired 1925
N-6	2-8-0	5	325–329	Schenectady Alco (Rich.)	5886…5892 25826	1901–1902	1945–49	Ex Northern Pacific, class Y-2. Acquired 1925–1936
N-7	2-8-0	5	335–339	Alco (Schen.)	27350…27358	1903	1945–1946	Ex Northern Pacific, class Y-4. Acquired 1925
N-1	2-8-0	3	350–352	Brooks	2107…2154	1892	1945–1947	Ex Great Northern, class F-1. Acquired 1908
N-2	2-8-0	3	355–369	Baldwin Rogers		1903–1907	1950–1954	Ex Great Northern, class F-8. Acquired 1909–1944
N-3	2-8-0	1	370	Alco (Pitts.)	29459	1904	1940	Ex Astoria and Columbia River 19. Acquired 1911
F-1	2-6-2	17	450–466	Baldwin	28851…30999	1906–1907	1937–1949	Ex Great Northern, classes J-2 and J-1s. Acquired 1908–1925
O-1	2-8-2	14	500–513	Baldwin	39092…49731	1913–1918	1949–1951	Ex Great Northern, class O-1. Acquired 1925–1944
O-2	2-8-2	1	525	Alco (Schen.)	46878	1910	1947	Ex Northern Pacific 1698, class W-1. Acquired 1925.
O-3	2-8-2	10	530–539	Alco (Brooks)	52850…57957	1913–1917	1953–1957	Ex Northern Pacific, class W-3. Acquired 1926–1944
O-4	2-8-2	2	550–551	Baldwin	53793…53835	1917	1953	Ex Great Northern, class O-4. Acquired 1950
C-1	4-4-2	10	600–609	Baldwin	33228…33276	1909	1937–1949	Acquired new. Identical to Great Northern’ class K-1
H-1	4-6-2	7	620–626			1927–1930 (rebuilt)	1952–1953	Rebuilt from D-1 class locomotives 102–105, 107 and 109 (not in order).
E-1	4-8-4	3	700–702	Baldwin	62171–62173	1938	1960	Acquired new. Identical to Northern Pacific's class A-3. 700 preserved
Z-6	4-6-6-4	6	900–905	American	68990–68995	1937	1960	Acquired new. Identical to Northern Pacific's class Z-6. 903 and 904 sold to Great Northern in January 1940, as GN 4000 & 4001, for equalization of GN traffic over the Oregon Trunk. Repurchased in March 1950 and July 1946 respectively.[1]
Z-8	4-6-6-4	6	910–911	American	71333–71334	1944	1960	Acquired new. Identical to Northern Pacific's class Z-9.

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

Model	hp	Quantity	Built	Road numbers	Notes
ALCO S-1	600	2	1941	10–11	Acquired new.
ALCO S-2	1000	9	1940–1943	20–28	Acquired new.
Baldwin VO-1000	1000	5	1940–1945	30–34	30-31 ex-demo. 32-34 Acquired new.
EMD NW2	1000	3	1948	40–42	Acquired new.
EMD SW9	1200	3	1951	43–45	Acquired new.
ALCO RS-1	1000	2	1945	50–51	Acquired new.
ALCO RS-1	1000	4	1945	53–55	Ex Oregon Electric 52–55, acquired 1951
ALCO RS-2	1500	3	1949–1950	60–62	Acquired new. Steam generators from 800–802.
ALCO RS-2	1500	2	1947	63–64	Ex Great Northern 200–201, acquired 1963
ALCO RS-3	1600	18	1950–1953	65–82	Acquired new. Phase 1 body style
ALCO RS-3	1600	2	1953	83–84	Ex GN 231–232, acquired 1959
ALCO RS-3	1600	9	1955	90–98	Acquired new. Phase 3 body style
ALCO C-415	1500	2	1968	100–101	Acquired new.
EMD GP9	1750	6	1956	150–155	Acquired new. 150-153 Steam generators Phase 2 body style
ALCO C-424	2400	7	1964	300–306	Acquired new.
ALCO C-425	2500	8	1965	310–317	Acquired new.
ALCO C-425	2500	8	1966	320–327	Acquired new.
ALCO C-636	3600	6	1967	330–335	Acquired new.
ALCO C-636	3600	4	1968	340–343	Acquired new.
EMD E7A	2000	1	1948	750	Acquired new.
EMD F3A	1500	2	1947	800A1–800A2	Acquired new. Renumbered 800–801. Original steam generators were too small. Replaced with larger ones; old ones installed into 60–62
EMD F3A	1500	1	1948	802	Acquired new.
EMD F7A	1500	4	1953	803–806	Acquired new.
ALCO FA-1	1500	6	1948	850A1,A2–852A1,A2	Acquired new. Renumbered 850–855
ALCO FA-1	1500	6	1949	858A1,A2–860A1,A2 (even nos.)	Acquired new. Renumbered 856–861
ALCO FA-1	1500	4	1948	862A1,A2, 864A1,A2	Ex GN 440A,D, 442A,D. Renumbered 862–865
ALCO FA-1	1500	2	1950	866A1,A2	Acquired new. Renumbered 866–867
ALCO FA-2	1600	2	1950	868A1,A2	Acquired new. Renumbered 868–869
ALCO FB-1	1500	6	1949	856B1,B2–860B1,B2 (even nos.)	Acquired new. Renumbered 200–205
ALCO FB-1	1500	4	1948	862B1,B2, 864B1,B2	Ex GN 440B,C, 442B,C. Renumbered 206–209
ALCO FB-1	1500	2	1950	866B1,B2	Acquired new. Renumbered 210–211
ALCO FB-2	1600	2	1950	868B1,B2	Acquired new. Renumbered 212–213
EMD GP38	2000	6	1970	200–205 (2nd)	Ordered by the SP&S, but delivered to Burlington Northern after the merger.

References

1. Keyes & Middleton (Autumn 1980). p. 114

• Drury, George H. (1983), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, pp. 374–376, ISBN 0-89024-206-2, LCCN 93041472
• 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.