USRA 0-6-0

The USRA 0-6-0 was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was the standard light switcher of the USRA types, and was of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "C" in UIC classification.

USRA 0-6-0
New York Central (Chicago Junction) 221
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder ALCO Build date 1918–1919 (originals) Total produced 255 originals plus copies
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0  • UIC C h2 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 51 in (1,295 mm) Wheelbase Locomotive: 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) Loco & tender: 48 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in (14.90 m) Length 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) including tender Width 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) Height 14 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (4.28 m) Axle load 55,000 lb (25,000 kg) Adhesive weight 165,000 lb (75,000 kg) Loco weight 165,000 lb (75,000 kg) Tender weight 144,000 lb (65,000 kg) Total weight 309,000 lb (140,000 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 32,000 lb (15,000 kg) Water cap 8,000 US gal (30,000 l; 6,700 imp gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 33 sq ft (3.07 m^2) Boiler pressure 190 psi (1.31 MPa) Heating surface 1,886 sq ft (175.2 m^2)  • Tubes 1,233 sq ft (114.5 m^2)  • Flues 515 sq ft (47.8 m^2)  • Firebox 138 sq ft (12.8 m^2) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 442 sq ft (41.1 m^2) Cylinders Two Cylinder size 21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm) Valve type 10-inch (250 mm) piston valves
Performance figures Tractive effort 39,100 lbf (173.9 kN) Factor of adh. 4.22

A total of 255 locomotives were built under USRA control; these were sent to the following railroads:

Table of original USRA allocation[1]

Railroad	Quantity	Class	Road numbers	Notes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad	10	E-9-S	1136–1145	[2]
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	40	D-30	350–389	[3]
Central Railroad of New Jersey	10	B6s	101–110	[4]
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	10	G-5	500–509	Also 15 copies[5]
Chicago Great Western Railway	5	B-6	480–484	[6]
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	10	S-33	275–284	[7]
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway	8		75-82	[8]
Chicago and North Western Railway	35	M-3	2601–2635	[8]
Grand Trunk Railway	5	F11	801–805	to GTW 1824–1828, renumbered 7527–7531, Canadian National class O-19-a[9]
Grand Trunk Western Railroad	5	F11	1744–1748	Renumbered 7522–7526, Canadian National class O-19-a[9]
Maine Central Railroad	2	K	175–176	[10]
Mobile and Ohio Railroad	10	40	40–49	Also 13 copies[11]
New York Central Railroad subsidiary Chicago Junction	14	B-62	221–234	[12]
Pennsylvania Railroad	30	B28s	Random between 7007 and 9405	[13]
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway	2		20-21
Seaboard Air Line Railroad	10	F-5	1090–1099	[14]
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway	7	3800	3800–3806	[15]
Texas and Pacific Railway	14	B-8	457–470	[16]
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	10		157-166
Union Pacific Railroad	10	S-Spl	4451-4460	[17]
Union Pacific subsidiary Oregon Short Line Railroad	5	S-Spl	4753–4757	[17]
Washington Terminal Company	3		32-34
Total	255

After the dissolution of the USRA, the Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Texas and Pacific Railway ordered additional copies of the USRA 0-6-0 design, while the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway ordered only copies.

References

1. "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
2. Drury pp.36–37
3. Drury p.46
4. Drury p.76
5. Drury pp.105–106
6. Drury pp.109–110
7. Drury pp.128–129
8. Drury pp.96–98
9. Edson p.143
10. Drury p.235
11. Drury p.256
12. Drury p.276
13. Drury p.328
14. Drury pp.352–353
15. Drury p.344
16. Drury pp.389–390
17. Drury pp.401–402

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