SP&S Class E-1
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Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway’s E-1 class was a class of three 4-8-4
locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
in 1938
which is restored by the Pacific Railway Preservation Historical Society. It is currently stored at the Portland Roundhouse. Though it can not usually be seen it is taken on special trips once or twice a year.
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification: 2D2...
locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...
in 1938
Preservation
There is only one survivor, #700Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700
Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 is the only surviving example of their E-1 class 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive. Nearly identical to the A-3 class Northerns built for Northern Pacific Railway, but burning oil instead of coal....
which is restored by the Pacific Railway Preservation Historical Society. It is currently stored at the Portland Roundhouse. Though it can not usually be seen it is taken on special trips once or twice a year.