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SP&S Class A2
SP&S Class A-2 Switch Locomotives. Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway No. 6 was the only locomotive in Class A-2. Purchased from the Northern Pacific for A. B. Hammond's Astoria and Columbia River Railway, Number 6 came to the SP&S secondhand. She was used as a switch locomotive until 1931 when she was sold to the St Helens Terminal and Dock Co. at St. Helens Oregon
== Background ==
The Astoria and Columbia River (A&CR) ran from Astoria Oregon to Goble Oregon, where the A&CR met the Northern Pacific. In 1907 the NP Purchased the A&CR to be a feeder line for the new Spokane Portland & Seattle Ry.〔Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 136, WSU Press, 1990〕 To help the new feeder line handle increasing freight traffic, an NP Switcher was sold to the A&CR on August 7, 1907.〔Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 137, WSU Press, 1990〕 The SP&S took over the A&CR and on February 24, 1911, obtaining all A&CR locomotives.〔Gartner, John T: "North Bank Road, The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway", Page 138, WSU Press, 1990〕 The former A&CR Switch Locomotive number 1 became SP&S number 6.
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