HO NBL SP&S O-1 Class, 2-8-2 (circa 1945)

PROJECT HISTORY - The Spokane, Portland & Seattle acquired 13 second hand O-1 class 2-8-2s from parent Great Northern between 1925 and 1944. The O-1s worked the SP&S mainline between Portland and Spokane as well as the Oregon Trunk Line between Wishram and Bend where they also frequently worked in helper service. Having been received over a 19-year time span the former GN O-1s had already undergone various modifications prior to arriving on the SP&S. After a few years on "The Northwest's Own Railway" each locomotive inevitably became even more unique. The O-1 class is the last class of SP&S 2-8-2s that has not been produced in state of the art brass and The North Bank Line is planning to rectify this shortcoming with the 3 versions announced in this project. All will be produced by Boo-Rim Precision.


SPECIFIC MODEL INFO -

HO NBL SP&S O-1 Class, 2-8-2 (circa 1945) #509

Number 501 was the only SP&S O-1 to be equipped with a BL feedwater heater as seen in the photo at Portland. She will also have the sport cab, large sand dome and twin air reservoirs on her pilot deck.