SPS 866 has been parked in the NW Industrial area with other historical pieces of equipment for over a decade. After BNSF land locked the units by cutting switching in the area and lack of space a... (more)

Stuffed and mounted at the Columbia River Gorge Interpretive center. There are not many preserved SPS pieces around and this is one of them. Former BN 9816 was originally a Northern Pacific unit. ... (more)

I'm guessing this was taken in Washington along the SP&S and before the 1970 BN merger that saw the SP&S become a fallen flag. This is in the collection of photos I have inherited and is one of t... (more)

Returning to Portland from a week on Washington Central, the SP&S 700 heads west through the Columbia River Gorge.

Spokane Portland and Seattle C415 100 is seen switching in Portland OR September 1969. The 100 was built in November 1968 and became BN 4010. The SP&S rostered two C415 switchers and had more on o... (more)

The Spokane Portland & Seattle 700 enters Southern Pacific rail at East Portland after a test run to Wishram, Washington on Burlington Northern.

This former NP F9 has been exposed after the second unnecessary staircase was removed. From what i know, this may be the only locomotive currently adorning SPS colors and is located at Columbia Go... (more)

I wanna go outside!

SP&S No. 700 gazes out the window of the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, anxious to head back out on the high iron. Unfortunately, for now, No. 700 is unable as i... (more)

Spokane, Portland & Seattle GP9 151 and F7A 802 on roundtable.

In the same park where the hulk of 4449 was languishing was this beauty, SP&S 700. Good to see that both of these beautiful Northerns have been restored to glory.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 leads a train towards Spokane on the second day of a four-day Portland, Ore.-to-Spokane, Wash. round trip. Alas, the locomotive would only make it through three of ... (more)

SP&S Alco FA-1 renumbered BN 4108.

The Empire Builder departs Portland. With a loud hiss of steam from her cylinder cocks, the Portland to Spokane segment of Great Northern's Empire Builder gets underway in the Portland Yard... (more)

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry., with two of the four F7A's own by the railroad.

In full afterburner! Looking a bit like she's got a JATO bottle stuffed in the back of her trailing truck, the Spokane, Portland & Seattle's big Northern #700 flies past the Oregon Rail Her... (more)