IERHS Equipment List - Motive Power

Standard Gauge

1. 1906 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive, Union Pacific #3206

The American Locomotive Company built this "Pacific" type locomotive, a 4-6-2, in 1904 for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. It spent most of its years on Union Pacific branch lines in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho because of its relatively light weight. In 1955 it was donated to the City of Spokane and was trucked to a display site at High Bridge Park. In June 1978, it was deeded to the IERHS and was moved over city streets to the Spokane County Fairgrounds by Dan Gmeiner. It is being restored, as money becomes available.

2. 1956 F9 Diesel Electric Locomotive, Northern Pacific #6703A

The F9 locomotive was built in 1956 by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors as N.P. 7010D, (builder's number 21105), part of a 4-unit set for freight service. F9 locomotives first went into service on the NP in 1954, assigned to the tough hill between Livingston and Bozeman. By the mid 1960s, N.P. neede more passenger locomotives. But by then, the F9 was no longer available for purchase as a new locomotive. So the N.P. converted this unit by adding a steam heat boiler for passenger use. Because there was no room for a water tank, piping was added to draw water from other units, or from a tank in the baggage car. Thus the unit was renumbered and became 6703-A. The IERHS has a picture of the unit in King Street Station, Seattle, Washington, in the 1967-1989 time period. As a passenger unit at the time of the 1970 B.N. merger, it was renumbered again to B.N. 9812 and was used briefly by Amtrak but not purchased by them. It was again converted to freight service with the removal of the steam boiler and became B.N. 778. It was last used in revenue freight service in 1981. The last use was as a power car for a rotary snowplow assigned to Staples, Minn. It is named for Robert Downing, retired B.N. president who suggested that B.N. donate the locomotive in 1986. It was successfully started and moved a few feet in April, 1987. The engine has been repainted in its original Northern Pacific color scheme.

3. 1901 Electric Locomotive, Great Falls Smelter Railway #L-451

Built in June, 191-, by Baldwin-Westinghouse for the Great Falls Smelter Railway, owned by Anaconda, it was one of many locomotives obtained by scrapper Maurice Weissman of Great Falls when the smelter closed. This is a 45 ton, 500 volt DC electric locomotive that drew power from a third rail. Donated by Mr. Weissman, it has been painted to simulate the electric switch engine that saw service on the Inland Empire System in Spokane.

4. 1956 Self-propelled crane, Inland Empire Paper Company #21

Built in 1956 by Wellman Engineering Company, it was used to unload, deck, reload and move log cars at the Inland Empire Paper Company in Millwood, Washington. It was donated to the IERHS in 1985.

5. 1906 Brill streetcar, Spokane United Railways/Washington Water Power Company #140.

6. 1900 era hand car

7. 1928 Fairmont motor car

8. 1945 Fairmont motor car

9. 1970 Fairmont motor car

Two foot Gauge

1. 1905 0-4-0 two foot gauge, 7 ton Steam Locomotive, #9

2. Plymouth Gas two foot gauge Locomotive, IERHS #2

3. Gasoline Locomotive, IERHS #3

Eighteen inch Gauge