Spokane, Portland and Seattle class E-1 |
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Spokane, Portland and Seattle No. 700 |
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Performance figures |
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Maximum speed |
110 mph / 170 km per hour |
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Tractive effort |
69,800 lbf (310.49 kN) |
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Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway’s E-1 class was a class of the only three 4-8-4 locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1938. The E-1 class northerns were very identical to the A-2 through the A-5 class northerns on the Northern Pacific Railroad built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works from 1934-1943.
No differences by eyes of people were noticed. The only difference is that the Northern Pacific Railroad 4-8-4s burn coal, and the 4-8-4s on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad burns oil (which increases more route availablility without stopping for a refill of coal).
Preservation
There is only one survivor, #700, which was restored by, and is maintained by, the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association. #701 and #702 were both scrapped after they were retired. Since mid-2012, since #700 Back-Strikes, [1] it resides at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, in Portland, where the public can view it during the center's opening days.[2] It is taken on special trips once or twice a year.