USRA 0-6-0
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Builder | Baldwin, ALCO |
| Build date | 1918–1919 (originals) |
| Total production | 255 originals plus copies |
| Configuration | 0-6-0 |
| UIC classification | C |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver size | 51 in (1,295 mm) |
| Wheelbase | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
| Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) incl. tender |
| Width | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
| Height | 14 ft 0½ in (4.28 m) |
| Weight on drivers | 165,000 lb (75,000 kg) |
| Locomotive weight | 165,000 lb (75,000 kg) |
| Boiler pressure | 190 psi (1.31 MPa) |
| Fire grate area | 33 ft² (3.07 m²) |
| Heating surface: Tubes & flues | 1,748 ft² (162.39 m²) |
| Heating surface: Firebox | 138 ft² (12.82 m²) |
| Heating surface: Total | 1,886 ft² (175.22 m²) |
| Superheater area | 442 ft² (41.06 m²) |
| Cylinders | 2 |
| Cylinder size | 21×28 in (533×711 mm) |
| Tractive effort | 39,100 lbf (174 kN) |
| Factor of adhesion | 4.22 |
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 obviously 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:
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (10)
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (40)
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (10)
- Chicago Great Western Railway (5)
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (10)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (8)
- Central Railroad of New Jersey (10)
- Chicago and North Western Railway (35)
- Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad (10)
- Grand Trunk Railway (5)
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (5)
- Maine Central Railroad (2)
- New York Central Railroad (14)
- Oregon Short Line Railroad (5)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (30) (class B28s)
- Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway (2)
- Seaboard Air Line (10)
- St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (7)
- Texas and Pacific Railway (14)
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (10)
- Union Pacific Railroad (10)
- Washington Terminal Company (3)
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 Railroad ordered only copies.
[edit] References
- Westcott, Linn H. (1960). Model Railroader Cyclopedia - Volume 1: Steam Locomotives. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-001-9.
- Railroad Master Mechanics' Association (1922). Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practise - 6th Edition, 1922. Simmons-Boardman.
- Barris, Wes (2005-05-21). USRA Locomotives. SteamLocomotive.com. Retrieved on 2006-01-17.
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