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Spokane, Portland and Seattle class L-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Schenectady Locomotive Works· from 1889· class of American 4-4-0 locomotive
what is it?
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Class L-1 was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives built in 1889 by Schenectady Locomotive Works.
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- Weighs about as much as 7 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
- 1889
- retired
- 1928
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Schenectady Locomotive Works
- operators
- Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 43.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392170, Wikipedia: Spokane, Portland and Seattle class L-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.