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Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700

Index Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700

Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 is the oldest and only surviving example of the E-1 class 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive. [1]

41 relations: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Billings, Montana, Burlington Northern Railroad, Columbia River, Columbia River Gorge, Diesel locomotive, Empire Builder, Fuel oil, Government of Portland, Oregon, Great Northern Railway (U.S.), National Railway Historical Society, National Register of Historic Places, North Coast Limited, Northern Pacific Railway, Oaks Amusement Park, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197, Piston valve (steam engine), Portland Tribune, Portland, Oregon, Rail yard, Railway roundhouse, Railway turntable, Sandpoint, Idaho, Smokebox, Southern Pacific 4449, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, SP&S Class E-1, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Spokane, Washington, Steam locomotive, The Oregonian, Union Pacific Railroad, Vancouver, Washington, Walschaerts valve gear, Willamette River, Wishram, Washington, 4-6-6-4, 4-8-4.

Baldwin Locomotive Works

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1956.

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Billings, Montana

Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area with a population of 169,676.

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Burlington Northern Railroad

The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Columbia River Gorge

The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.

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Empire Builder

The Empire Builder is an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that operates daily between Chicago andvia two sections west of SpokaneSeattle and Portland. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship passenger train of the Great Northern Railway and its successor, the Burlington Northern, and was retained by Amtrak when it took over intercity rail service in 1971. The end-to-end travel time of the route is 45–46 hours for an average speed of about, though the train travels as fast as over the majority of the route. It is Amtrak's busiest long-distance route.

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Fuel oil

Fuel oil (also known as heavy oil, marine fuel or furnace oil) is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue.

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Government of Portland, Oregon

The Government of Portland, Oregon, a city in the U.S. state of Oregon, is based on a city commission government system.

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Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

The Great Northern Railway was an American Class I railroad.

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National Railway Historical Society

The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) is a non-profit organization established in 1935 in the United States to promote interest in, and appreciation for the historical development of railroads.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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North Coast Limited

The North Coast Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago and Seattle via Bismarck, North Dakota.

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Northern Pacific Railway

The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest.

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Oaks Amusement Park

Oaks Park is a small amusement park located south of downtown Portland, Oregon, U.S., near the Sellwood Bridge.

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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a science and technology museum in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Oregon Rail Heritage Center

The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon.

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Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation

The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF) is a registered non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Oregon Railroad and Navigation 197

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.

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Piston valve (steam engine)

Piston valves are one form of valve used to control the flow of steam within a steam engine or locomotive.

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Portland Tribune

The Portland Tribune is a free newspaper published twice weekly, each Tuesday and Thursday, in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Rail yard

A rail yard, railway yard or railroad yard is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading, railroad cars and locomotives.

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Railway roundhouse

A roundhouse is a building with a circular or semicircular shape used by railroads for servicing and storing locomotives, and traditionally surrounds, or is adjacent to, a turntable.

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Railway turntable

In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came.

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Sandpoint, Idaho

Sandpoint is the largest town in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, United States.

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Smokebox

A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a steam locomotive exhaust system.

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Southern Pacific 4449

Southern Pacific 4449 is the only surviving example of Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP) (today Union Pacific) GS-4 class of steam locomotives.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.

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SP&S Class E-1

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.

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Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway

The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SP&S) was a United States-based railroad incorporated in 1905.

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city in the state of Washington in the northwestern United States.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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The Oregonian

The Oregonian is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, and the largest suburb of Portland, Oregon.

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Walschaerts valve gear

The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.

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Willamette River

The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow.

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Wishram, Washington

Wishram is a census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States.

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4-6-6-4

In Whyte notation, a 4-6-6-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six driving wheels and four trailing wheels.

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4-8-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_700

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