USRA 0-6-0

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USRA 0-6-0
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New York Central (Chicago Junction) 221
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder ALCO
Build date1918–1919 (originals)
Total produced255 originals plus copies
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  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)
Length62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) including tender
Width10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Height14 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 weight165,000 lb (75,000 kg)
Tender weight144,000 lb (65,000 kg)
Total weight309,000 lb (140,000 kg)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity32,000 lb (15,000 kg)
Water cap.8,000 US gal (30,000 L; 6,700 imp gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area33 sq ft (3.07 m2)
Boiler pressure190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox138 sq ft (12.8 m2)
 • Tubes1,233 sq ft (114.5 m2)
 • Flues515 sq ft (47.8 m2)
 • Total surface1,886 sq ft (175.2 m2)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area442 sq ft (41.1 m2)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm)
Valve type10-inch (250 mm) piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort 39,100 lbf (173.9 kN)
Factor of adh. 4.22
Career
DispositionAll original locomotives scrapped, three copies and two derivatives preserved.

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 locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "C" in UIC classification.

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

Table of original USRA allocation [1]
RailroadQuantityClassRoad numbersNotes
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
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
Total255

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.

Preservation

As of 2022, three USRA 0-6-0 copies are known to be preserved. Two are from the Wheeling and Lake Erie: 3960, which is awaiting a cosmetic restoration at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio, [18] and 3984, which is undergoing an operational restoration at the Lorain and West Virginia Railway in Wellington, Ohio, and it is currently known as Nickel Plate Road 384. The third is 63, built by Alco in 1940 for the Alabama State Docks Commission. It has been on public display at the Kokosing Gap Trail in Mount Vernon, Ohio since 2002. [19] 63 is currently in the best cosmetic shape of the three, but unfortunately, there are no plans to further restore it or make it operational. [20]

There are also two operational 0-6-0s at Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta, that are indirectly based on the USRA design. Although now known as Canadian Pacific 2023 and 2024, they were never actually owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. [21] They were built for the US Army in 1942 and 1944, intended for use overseas during World War II, and after the war, they were sold off as surplus and served as terminal switchers in Vancouver, British Columbia until 1965. [22] Because they were intended for military service, they have several visible design changes from the other USRA copies. These changes include a shorter smokestack, a cowcatcher (standard USRA 0-6-0s had footboard pilots), a front-mounted air pump, and a much smaller (and vertically offset) smokebox door, among other minor differences. [23]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">USRA Heavy Mikado</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">USRA Light Santa Fe</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand Trunk Western 4070</span> Preserved GTW S-3-a class 2-8-2 locomotive

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Union Pacific 5511</span> Preserved American 2-10-2 steam locomotive

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand Trunk Western 5629</span> Scrapped GTW K-4-a class 4-6-2 locomotive

Grand Trunk Western 5629 was a 4-6-2 K-4-a steam locomotive, which was a copy of the United States Railroad Administration's (USRA) Light Pacific design, built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1924, for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. It was used to haul commuter passenger trains in Michigan until 1960, when it was purchased by Chicago-based railfan Richard Jensen, who used No. 5629 to pull several excursion trains in the Chicago area throughout the 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norfolk and Western Class Y3a</span> Class of 30 2-8-8-2 steam locomotives

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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. 1 2 Drury pp.96–98
  9. 1 2 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. 1 2 Drury pp.401–402
  18. ↑ "Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 0-6-0 No. 3960 – Age of Steam Roundhouse" . Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  19. ↑ "Steam Locomotive Information". www.steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  20. ↑ "Locomotive & Caboose - Kokosing Gap Trail". www.kokosinggaptrail.org. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  21. ↑ "C.P.R. Locomotives #2023 & #2024". Heritage Park. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  22. ↑ Heritage Park Steam Train - August 8th, 2021 , retrieved 2023-01-05
  23. ↑ "CP 0-6-0 2023 and 0-6-0 2024 Double head at Heritage Park Railway Days". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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