Spokane Portland & Seattle 700 is the only surviving example of the E-1 class 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive. Nearly identical to the A-3 class Northerns built for Northern Pacific Railway but burning oil instead of coal.After years of running second-hand equipment the Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) was allowed by its parent companies Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway to purchase its first new locomotives.
