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Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700
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SP&S 700 standing idle waiting to start a Christmas excursion December 2005

Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 is the oldest and only surviving example of the class "E-1" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive and the only surviving original Spokane, Portland and Seattle steam locomotive. Nearly identical to the class "A-3" Northerns built for Northern Pacific Railway, it burns oil instead of coal.

After years of running second-hand equipment, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) was allowed by its parent companies, Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, to purchase its first new locomotives. These included three Northern E-1 class locomotives (700, 701 and 702) for passenger service and six Z-6 class Challengers (4-6-6-4s) for freight service.

After retirement from service in 1956, the SP&S 700 was donated to the City of Portland, Oregon, in 1958. It was on static public display at Oaks Amusement Park until 1987, then moved to private quarters for the continuation of work to restore it to operating condition Since 1988/1989. It began making occasional excursion runs in 1990. In 2012, the 700 was moved to a new facility where it can again be viewed by the public, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

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A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THIS MODEL

By the 1920’s the Northern Pacific Railroad needed bigger passenger locomotives. With the help of the American Locomotive Company’s design engineers, NP designed a new locomotive with a massive firebox that had a115 square foot grate area supported by a four wheel trailing truck. It was the first locomotive with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement. ALCO delivered the first of 12 of these new locomotives in December of 1926, with the balance arriving early in 1927. Designated Class A, and assigned road numbers 2600 through 2611, they had 73” drivers, 28 x 30cylinders, a boiler pressure of 210 psi,  attractive effort of 57,500 lbs and weighed 426,000 pounds. Later, the boiler pressure was raised to 240 psi which increased the tractive effort to 65, 700 pounds.

These were the first of this new wheel arrangement and thus were to be the namesake, with the name “Northern Pacific” selected which was very quickly shortened to just “Northern”. In 1930, the Timken demonstrator came to the NP. While being tested, it suffered crown sheet damage. The NP bought it, repaired it and put it on the roster as number 2626.

Ten Class A-2s (road numbers 2650 through 2659) came from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1934. These heavy “Northerns” had 77” drivers, 28 x 31 cylinders, a boiler pressure of 260 psi, a tractive effort of 69,800 lbs and a weight of 489,400 pounds.

In 1938, eight Class A-3s (road numbers 2660 through 2667) were delivered from Baldwin. The specifications for these locomotives were identical to the Class A-2s except that each weighed 2,400 pounds more.

The eight Class A-4s (road numbers 2670 through 2677) were delivered by Baldwin in 1941, and had the same basic specifications as the A-3s, but were different in appearance, with 14 wheel centipede tenders and vestibule cabs, and they were 1000 pounds heavier.

The last of the 4-8-4s purchased by the NP were the Class A-5s, which were built by Baldwin in 1943. This group of 10 (road numbers 2680 through 2689) were built to the same specifications as the Class A-4s, but turned out to be 16,200 lbs heavier. They were among the heaviest of all the Northern type locomotives ever built, at 508,500 pounds only the Santa Fe Class 2900s weighed more.

There are no surviving Northern Pacific Northerns.

This release includes a painted, unlettered version along with multiple road numbers for Northern Pacific & Spokane, Portland & Seattle.

Features:

• Paragon3 sound & operation system including Rolling Thunder with authentic sounds and prototypical operation in both DC and DCC environments
  
• Factory Installed engineer & fireman figures
  
• Synchronized puffing smoke with each chuff
  
• Variable puffing smoke intensity and timing
  
• Composition: brass body with die cast chassis
  
• Couplers: (2) operating kadee or compatible
  
• Compatible tracks: Code 70, 83, 100 rail
  
• Equipped with traction tires
  
• Minimum operating radius: 22 in or greater

 

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Expected Release: Fall 2020