Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A2
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Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway No. 6 was the only locomotive in Class A-2. Purchased from the Northern Pacific Railway for A. B. Hammond's Astoria and Columbia River Railway, number 6 came to the SP&S secondhand. It was used as a switch locomotive until 1931 when it was sold to the St Helens Terminal and Dock Co. at St. Helens Oregon.
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Background
The Astoria and Columbia River (A&CR) ran from Astoria 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 and Seattle Railway.[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, obtained all A&CR locomotives.[4] The former A&CR switch locomotive number 1 became SP&S number 6.
Construction history
Number 6 was built for the Northern Pacific by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1887. Its builder's number was 8617.[1]
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.
Numbering
Originally numbered NP 386, and then NP 988,[5] the A&CR numbered NP 988 as A&CR Number 1. The SP&S renumbered A&CR 1 to SP&S Number 6.