NP & SP&S Superpower Pack

-----===== HISTORY =====----- In the mid 1920s, the Northern Pacific railroad was in need of stronger motive power for their passenger trains. They worked with Alco to create the 4-8-4 wheel arrangement in 1926, what would soon become one of the most ubiquitous locomotive types of the Superpower era. This new wheel arrangement was dubbed the Northern, as the NP was the first to use it, and many more of this type soon followed on dozens of roads, with NP themselves acquiring 6 classes of this type, starting with the 'A' class, followed by the A-1 to A-5 classes, being built as late as 1943. In 1936, Alco's 4-6-6-4 Challenger type, delivered to the Union Pacific, caught the NP's attention, and they soon ordered some of the arrangement for themselves. The Z-6s, Z-7s, and Z-8s worked on heavy freight trains, though their size and weight made them unsuitable for some areas of the railroad. The Spokane, Portland & Seattle, brainchild of the NP and Great Northern, acquired copies of some of these locomotives. Its E-1 locomotives were copies of the NP A-3s, and the Z-6s and Z-8s were copies of the same NP locomotives. Two Z-6s were purchased by the GN in 1940, though they were both reacquired by the SP&S within a few years. By the late 1950s, almost every single one of these locomotives were fully scrapped, except for the SP&S E-1 No. 700, which was donated to the city of Portland. SP&S 700 was restored in 1990, and had a short excursion career before being taken out of service for its FRA required 1472 day boiler inspection, which should be finishing soon. - -----===== MOD CONTENTS =====----- NP A-3 locomotive and tender (white lining, black lining, grey boiler) NP A-5 locomotive and tender (white lining, black lining, grey boiler) NP Z-6 locomotive and tender (white lining, black lining, grey boiler) NP Z-8 locomotive and tender (white lining, black lining, grey boiler) SP&S E-1 locomotive and tender (white lining, black lining, lighter smokebox/excursion version) SP&S Z-