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Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A3
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1914· class of American 0-6-0 locomotive
what is it?
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway's Class A-3 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive switchers.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 38 years (1914–1952).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Schenectady Locomotive Works
- operators
- Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 69.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392169, Wikipedia: Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.