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Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Manchester Locomotive Works· from 1907· class of 5 American 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The SP&S Class A-1 steam locomotives were a group of five identical locomotives. They were used in the rail yards at Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, from 1907 to 1952. They were replaced with diesel-electric switch locomotives.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Manchester Locomotive Works
- operators
- Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 68 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392166, Wikipedia: Spokane, Portland and Seattle class A1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.