USRA Light Santa Fe
The USRA Light Santa Fe 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. These locomotives were of 2-10-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 1′E1′ in UIC classification; this arrangement was commonly named "Santa Fe" in the United States. At the time, the Santa Fe was the largest non-articulated type in common use, primarily in slow drag freight duty in ore or coal service.
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A total of 94 of these locomotives were constructed under the auspices of the USRA. They went to the following railroads:
Railroad | Quantity | Class | Road numbers | Notes |
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Ann Arbor Railroad | Renumbered 2550–2553, reclassified L2, Sold to Kansas City Southern Railway #220–223, September 1942.[2]KCS class L-1[3] | |||
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad | 20-24 | |||
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway | to Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad (same numbers)[4] | |||
New York Central Railroad subsidiary Boston and Albany Railroad | Sold to Canadian National Railway #4200–4209 class T-3-a in 1928.[5] | |||
Seaboard Air Line Railroad | renumbered 2485–2499[6] | |||
Southern Railway | [7] | |||
Total | 94 |
Only one USRA Light 2-10-2 survives: DM&IR 506 is on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin
References
- "USRA locomotives". Steamlocomtive.com. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- Burger, Henry F. "Ann Arbor Railroad Steam Locomotive Roster". Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Society website. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- Drury p.212
- Drury pp.168, 170
- Drury, pp. 64, 278
- Drury, p.350
- Drury pp.370, 372
- Drury, George H. (1993). Guide to North American Steam Locomotives. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-206-2.