USRA 0-6-0

USRA 0-6-0

New York Central (Chicago Junction) 221
Power type	Steam
Builder	Baldwin, ALCO
Build date	1918–1919 (originals)
Total produced	255 originals plus copies
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC classification	C h2
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter	51 in (1,295 mm)
Wheelbase	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Length	62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) including tender
Width	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Height	14 ft ½ in (4.28 m)
Weight on drivers	165,000 lb (74.8 tonnes)
Locomotive weight	165,000 lb (74.8 tonnes)
Boiler pressure	190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Firegrate area	33 sq ft (3.07 m²)
Heating surface: Tubes and flues	1,748 sq ft (162.4 m²)
Heating surface: Firebox	138 sq ft (12.8 m²)
Heating surface: Total	1,886 sq ft (175.2 m²)
Superheater area	442 sq ft (41.1 m²)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	21 × 28 in (533 × 711 mm)
Tractive effort	39,100 lbf (173.9 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:

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			^[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
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
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
Total	255

References

^ "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml. 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 Drury pp.401–402

Barris, Wes (2005-05-21). "USRA Locomotives". SteamLocomotive.com. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml. Retrieved 2006-01-17.
Drury, George H. (1983), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, ISBN 0-89024-206-2, LCCN 93-41472
Edson, William D.; Corley, Raymond F. (Autumn 1982). "Locomotives of the Grand Trunk Railway". Railroad History (Boston, MA: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.) (147). ISSN 0090-7847.
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.