USRA 0-6-0

{{Short description|Class of American two-cylinder 0-6-0 locomotive}} {{Infobox Locomotive | name = USRA 0-6-0 | powertype = Steam | image = USRA 0-6-0.jpg | caption = New York Central (Chicago Junction) 221 | builder = [[American Locomotive Company|ALCO]] | builddate = 1918–1919 (originals) | totalproduction = 255 originals plus copies | whytetype = [[0-6-0]] | uicclass = C h2 | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} | driverdiameter = {{convert|51|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | wheelbase = {{ubl|''Locomotive:'' {{convert|11|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}|''Loco & tender:'' {{convert|48|ft|10+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}}} | length = {{convert|62|ft|10|in|m|2|abbr=on}} including tender | width = {{convert|10|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|14|ft|0+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | axleload = {{convert|55000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | weightondrivers = {{convert|165000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|165000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | tenderweight = {{convert|144000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | locotenderweight = {{convert|309000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | fueltype = Coal | fuelcap = {{convert|32000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | watercap = {{convert|8000|usgal|abbr=on}} | boilerpressure = {{convert|190|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on}} | firearea = {{convert|33|sqft|m2|2|abbr=on}} | tubearea = {{convert|1233|sqft|m2|1|abbr=on}} | fluearea = {{convert| 515|sqft|m2|1|abbr=on}} | fireboxarea = {{convert| 138|sqft|m2|1|abbr=on}} | totalsurface = {{convert|1886|sqft|m2|1|abbr=on}} | superheaterarea = {{convert| 442|sqft|m2|1|abbr=on}} | cylindercount = Two | cylindersize = {{convert|21|x|28|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | valvegear = | valvetype = {{convert|10|in|mm|adj=on}} piston valves | tractiveeffort = {{convert|39100|lbf|kN|1|abbr=on}} | factorofadhesion = 4.22 | disposition = All 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:

{|class="wikitable" |+Table of original USRA allocation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml |title=USRA Locomotives |work=Steamlocomotive.com |access-date=2009-02-18 |archive-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515010708/http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! Railroad !! Quantity !! Class !! Road numbers !! Notes |- | [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|E-9-S}} || {{center|1136–1145}} || <ref>Drury pp. 36–37</ref> |- | [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] || {{center|40}} || {{center|D-30}} || {{center|350–389}} || <ref>Drury p. 46</ref> |- | [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|B6s}} || {{center|101–110}} || <ref>Drury p. 76</ref> |- | [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|G-5}} || {{center|500–509}} || Also 15 copies<ref>Drury pp. 105–106</ref> |- | [[Chicago Great Western Railway]] || {{center| 5}} || {{center|B-6}} || {{center|480–484}} || <ref>Drury pp. 109–110</ref> |- | [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|S-33}} || {{center|275–284}} || <ref>Drury pp. 128–129</ref> |- | [[Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway]] || {{center| 8}} || || {{center|75-82}} || <ref name="Drury-096">Drury pp. 96–98</ref> |- | [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] || {{center|35}} || {{center|M-3}} || {{center|2601–2635}} || <ref name="Drury-096" /> |- | [[Grand Trunk Railway]] || {{center| 5}} || {{center|F11}} || {{center|801–805}} || to GTW 1824–1828, renumbered 7527–7531, Canadian National class O-19-a<ref name="RH147">Edson p. 143</ref> |- | [[Grand Trunk Western Railroad]] || {{center| 5}} || {{center|F11}} || {{center|1744–1748}} || Renumbered 7522–7526, Canadian National class O-19-a<ref name="RH147" /> |- | [[Maine Central Railroad]] || {{center| 2}} || {{center|K}} || {{center|175–176}} || <ref>Drury p. 235</ref> |- | [[Mobile and Ohio Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|40}} || {{center|40–49}} || Also 13 copies<ref>Drury p. 256</ref> |- | [[New York Central Railroad]] subsidiary<br>Chicago Junction || {{center|14}} || {{center|B-62}} || {{center|221–234}} || <ref>Drury p. 276</ref> |- | [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] || {{center|30}} || {{center|B28s}} || {{center|Random between 7007 and 9405}} || <ref>Drury p. 328</ref> |- | [[Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway]] || {{center| 2}} || || {{center|20-21}} || |- | [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|F-5}} || {{center|1090–1099}} || <ref>Drury pp. 352–353</ref> |- | [[St. Louis - San Francisco Railway]] || {{center| 7}} || {{center|3800}} || {{center|3800–3806}} || <ref>Drury p. 344</ref> |- | [[Texas and Pacific Railway]] || {{center|14}} || {{center|B-8}} || {{center|457–470}} || <ref>Drury pp. 389–390</ref> |- | [[Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis]] || {{center|10}} || || {{center|157-166}} || |- | [[Union Pacific Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|S-Spl}} || {{center|4600-4609}}|| <ref name="Drury-401">{{Cite web |last=McCullough |first=Gordon (Sandy) |date=October 2012 |title=UPR Steam Locomotive Roster by Class & Number |url=https://uphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/stmclass.pdf |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=Union Pacific Historical Society}}</ref> |- | Union Pacific subsidiary<br>[[Oregon Short Line Railroad]] || {{center| 5}} || {{center|S-Spl}} || {{center|4753–4757}} || <ref name="Drury-401" /> |- | [[Washington Terminal Company]] || {{center| 3}} || || {{center|32-34}} || |- ! Total !! 255 !! !! !! |} After the dissolution of the USRA, the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad|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 (1916-1988)|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]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 0-6-0 No. 3960 – Age of Steam Roundhouse|date=26 March 2019 |url=https://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/wheeling-lake-erie-railway-0-6-0-no-3960/|access-date=2022-01-23|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steam Locomotive Information |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=539 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.steamlocomotive.info}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locomotive & Caboose - Kokosing Gap Trail |url=http://www.kokosinggaptrail.org/INTERESTS/trains.htm |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.kokosinggaptrail.org |archive-date=2021-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922180206/http://www.kokosinggaptrail.org/INTERESTS/trains.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist|2}} {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml |title=USRA Locomotives |access-date=2006-01-17 |work=SteamLocomotive.com |date=21 May 2005 |last=Barris |first=Wes |archive-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515010708/http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml |url-status=dead }} * {{Drury-North American Steam}} * {{Cite journal |last1=Edson |first1=William D. |last2=Corley |first2=Raymond F. |title=Locomotives of the Grand Trunk Railway |journal=[[Railroad History]] |volume=147 |date=Autumn 1982 |issue=147 |pages=42–183 |location=Boston, Mass. |publisher=Railway and Locomotive Historical Society |jstor=43520915}} * {{Cite book |last=Westcott |first=Linn H. |date=1960 |title=Model Railroader Cyclopedia - Volume 1: Steam Locomotives |publisher=Kalmbach Books |oclc=19985835|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin}} * {{Cite book |author=Railroad Master Mechanics' Association |date=1922 |title=Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice |edition=6th |publisher=Simmons-Boardman}} {{Refend}}

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