This 40’ box car with Bettendorf trucks was built for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle and operated in general freight until it was restenciled into BN markings for MOW service in the early 1970s. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle was a railroad in Washington and Oregon incorporated in 1905 as a joint venture between Great Northern and Northern Pacific. It operated until 1970, when it was rolled into Burlington Northern
