SP&S Class A2

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[edit] SP&S Class A-2 Switch Locomotives

A-2[1]
Power type Steam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Build date June, 1887
Configuration 0-6-0
Gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Driver size 50 in
Locomotive weight 71,550 lb
Fuel type Oil
Boiler pressure 135 lbf/in²
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 16x24 Inches
Tractive effort 13,578 lbf
Career Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
Class A-2
Number 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 for A. B. Hammond's Astoria and Columbia River Railway, Number 6 came to the SP&S secondhand. She was used as a switch locomotive until 1931 when she was sold to the St Helens Terminal and Dock Co. at St. Helens Oregon

[edit] Background

The Astoria and Columbia River (A&CR) ran from Astoria Oregon 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 & Seattle Ry[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, obtaining all A&CR locomotives[4]. The former A&CR Switch Locomotive number 1 became SP&S number 6.

[edit] Construction History

Number 6 was built for the Northern Pacific by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1887. Her builders number was 8617[5].

[edit] 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.

[edit] Numbering

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

[edit] 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"[7]. However he gives no dates for this. Gaertner 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[8].

[edit] Discrepancies

Gaertner 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[9]. Gartner gives dates of 1887 and 1931.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 206, WSU Press, 1990
  2. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 136, WSU Press, 1990
  3. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 137, WSU Press, 1990
  4. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 138, WSU Press, 1990
  5. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 206, WSU Press, 1990
  6. ^ Grande, Walt: "The Northwest's Own Railway Vol 1", Page 277, Grande Press, 1992
  7. ^ Grande, Walt: "The Northwest's Own Railway Vol 1", Page 277, Grande Press, 1992
  8. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 143, WSU Press, 1990
  9. ^ Grande, Walt: "The Northwest's Own Railway Vol 1", Page 277, Grande Press, 1992
  10. ^ Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 206, WSU Press, 1990

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