page_title: Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700
section_title: Disposition and maintenance
hierarchical_section_title: Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700 / Disposition and maintenance
caption_attribution_description: Spokane, Portland &amp; Seattle 700 inside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, in Portland, Oregon. Owned by the City of Portland since 1958, the SP&amp;S 700 was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
context_page_description: Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 is the oldest and only surviving example of the class "E-1" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive and the only surviving original Spokane, Portland and Seattle steam locomotive. Nearly identical to the class "A-3" Northerns built for Northern Pacific Railway, it burns oil instead of coal.
  After years of running second-hand equipment, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway was allowed by its parent companies, Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, to purchase its first new locomotives. These included three Northern E-1 class locomotives for passenger service and six Z-6 class Challengers for freight service.
  After retirement from service in 1956, the SP&S 700 was donated to the City of Portland, Oregon, in 1958. It was on static public display at Oaks Amusement Park until 1987, then moved to private quarters for the continuation of work to restore it to operating condition Since 1988/1989. It began making occasional excursion runs in 1990. In 2012, the 700 was moved to a new facility where it can again be viewed by the public, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.
context_section_description: Until June 2012, the 700 and its two companions resided at the Brooklyn Roundhouse. The City of Portland was leasing the roundhouse from its owner, Union Pacific Railroad (UP), but after the railroad announced plans to demolish the roundhouse to allow expansion of the yard, the engines needed to find a new home. The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, with significant support from the City of Portland, raised funds for a new restoration and visitor center adjacent to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, to provide the city's steam locomotives with a permanent and publicly accessible home before the closure of the roundhouse.
  Construction of the new Oregon Rail Heritage Center began in October 2011 and the 700 and the other two locomotives were moved to the site of the new enginehouse and heritage center on June 26, 2012.  They were moved indoors on July 28, once the enginehouse was enclosed.  The ORHC opened to the public on September 22, 2012.  Maintenance of the 700 continues to be carried out by the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association and a team of volunteers. The locomotive was taken out of service in 2015 for its 1,472-day inspection. Since then the PRPA has made no progress towards returning the 700 to service. However, in August 2020, Emery Trust awarded a grant of $35,000 to help complete No. 700's rebuild and the locomotive is said to be in operation again in 2021.
caption: SP&S 700 on public view at its new home, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, in 2013
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