| Spokane, Portland and Seattle class E-1 |
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SP&S No. 700 on a Christmas excursion in December 2005 |
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| Performance figures |
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| Maximum speed | 110 mph / 170 km per hour |
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| Tractive effort | 69,800 lbf (310.49 kN) |
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Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway's E-1 class was a class of the only three 4-8-4 locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1938. The E-1 class "Northerns" were very similar to the A-2 through the A-5 class "Northerns" on the Northern Pacific Railroad built by Baldwin from 1934–1943.
Visually, the locos are near-identical. The only difference is that the Northern Pacific Railroad 4-8-4s burn coal and the 4-8-4s on the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad burn oil (and have a longer, wider range as a result).