USRA 0-6-0

Specifications
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:
• Grate area	33 sq ft (3.07 m2)
Boiler pressure	190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	138 sq ft (12.8 m2)
• Tubes	1,233 sq ft (114.5 m2)
• Flues	515 sq ft (47.8 m2)
• Total surface	1,886 sq ft (175.2 m2)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	442 sq ft (41.1 m2)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm)
Valve type	10-inch (250 mm) piston valves

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	ALCO
Build date	1918–1919 (originals)
Total produced	255 originals plus copies

USRA 0-6-0
USRA 0-6-0
	New York Central (Chicago Junction) 221
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	ALCO
Build date	1918–1919 (originals)
Total produced	255 originals plus copies
Configuration:;
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:
• Grate area	33 sq ft (3.07 m2)
Boiler pressure	190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	138 sq ft (12.8 m2)
• Tubes	1,233 sq ft (114.5 m2)
• Flues	515 sq ft (47.8 m2)
• Total surface	1,886 sq ft (175.2 m2)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	442 sq ft (41.1 m2)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm)
Valve type	10-inch (250 mm) piston valves
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	39,100 lbf (173.9 kN)
Factor of adh.	4.22
Disposition
Career
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:

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	4600-4609	^[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.

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]

References

^ "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
^ Drury pp. 36–37
^ Drury p. 46
^ Drury p. 76
^ Drury pp. 105–106
^ Drury pp. 109–110
^ Drury pp. 128–129
^ ^a ^b Drury pp. 96–98
^ ^a ^b Edson p. 143
^ Drury p. 235
^ Drury p. 256
^ Drury p. 276
^ Drury p. 328
^ Drury pp. 352–353
^ Drury p. 344
^ Drury pp. 389–390
^ ^a ^b McCullough, Gordon (Sandy) (October 2012). "UPR Steam Locomotive Roster by Class & Number" (PDF). Union Pacific Historical Society. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
^ "Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 0-6-0 No. 3960 – Age of Steam Roundhouse". 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
^ "Steam Locomotive Information". www.steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
^ "Locomotive & Caboose - Kokosing Gap Trail". www.kokosinggaptrail.org. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

Barris, Wes (21 May 2005). "USRA Locomotives". SteamLocomotive.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2006-01-17.
Drury, George H. (1993), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, ISBN 0-89024-206-2, LCCN 93041472
Edson, William D.; Corley, Raymond F. (Autumn 1982). "Locomotives of the Grand Trunk Railway". Railroad History. 147 (147). Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 42–183. JSTOR 43520915.
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 Practice (6th ed.). Simmons-Boardman.

[1] "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. 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

[Drury-096-8] Drury pp. 96–98

[RH147-9] 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

[Drury-401-17] McCullough, Gordon (Sandy) (October 2012). "UPR Steam Locomotive Roster by Class & Number" (PDF). Union Pacific Historical Society. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

[18] "Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 0-6-0 No. 3960 – Age of Steam Roundhouse". 26 March 2019. 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.

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