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Spokane, Portland and Seattle class O-2

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Schenectady Locomotive Works· from 1910· 1910 steam locomotives class

what is it?

On the American Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, locomotive number 525 was the only steam locomotive in SP&S class O-2. It was originally built for Northern Pacific by the Schenectady Locomotive Works. Builders number 46878 was built in February 1910.

who runs it

base stats

  • weight 120 tin working order

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 116 years ago, in 1910.
  • Weighs about as much as 20 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
1910
number built
—
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
2-8-2
weight
120 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7392176, Wikipedia: Spokane, Portland and Seattle class O-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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