SPS 805 Editors Pick! Contributor's Pick!       
SPS 805 will carry 3 diffrent road numbers for the BN 718, BN 9758, BN 972554L. The unit will remain on the roster until December 1981
Date: 7/1/1968 Location: Portland, OR   Map Show Portland on a rail map Views: 2647 Collection Of:   Michael ONeil
Locomotives: SPS 805(F7A)    Author:  William J. ONeil
SPS 805
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Fred Stuckmann General Nice. 3/17/2009 6:18:19 PM
ALDEN RANEY General This is the SPOKANE, PORTLAND, AND SEATTLE's PORTLAND, OREGON section of the combined Empire Builder, North Coast Limited. The train left Portland, Oregon at 3:00 pm and dropped off a dome coach and a dome sleeper at PASCO, WASHINGTON for Northern PACIFIC'S NORTH COAST LIMITED and continued on to SPOKANE, WASHINGTON where it dropped off a dome coach and sleeper for GREAT NORTHERN'S EMPIRE BUILDER. The remaining SP&S portion was turned and retraced it's trip back to PORTLAND arriving at 7:00 AM. The first car was purchased 1966 from the MKT which used it on their TEXAS SPECIAL. F7-A #805 is in it's 3rd paint scheme and F3-A # 801 is in it's 4th paint scheme. 6/3/2013 10:09:02 PM

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