USRA Heavy Santa Fe

USRA Heavy Santa Fe
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works
Specifications
Configuration 2-10-2
UIC class 1′E1′ h2
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia 33 in (838 mm)
Driver diameter 63 in (1,600 mm)
Trailing dia 43 in (1,092 mm)
Wheelbase 42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
Length 55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) without tender
Width 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Height 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Adhesive weight 293,000 lb (133,000 kilograms; 133 metric tons)
Loco weight 380,000 lb (170,000 kilograms; 170 metric tons)
Loco & tender weight 586,000 lb (266,000 kilograms; 266 metric tons)
Fuel type Soft coal (bituminous)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 82.2 sq ft (7.64 m2)
Boiler pressure 190 lbf/in2 (1.31 MPa)
Heating surface 5,156 sq ft (479.0 m2)
 • Tubes 3,258 sq ft (302.7 m2)
 • Flues 1,469 sq ft (136.5 m2)
 • Firebox 429 sq ft (39.9 m2)
Superheater:
 • Heating area		 1,230 sq ft (114.3 m2)
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 30 in × 32 in (762 mm × 813 mm)
Valve gear Southern (see drawing)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 74,000 lbf (329.2 kN)
Factor of adh 3.96

The USRA Heavy Santa Fe 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. These locomotives were of 2-10-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 1′E1′ in UIC classification; this arrangement was commonly named "Santa Fe" in the United States. At the time, the Santa Fe was the largest non-articulated type in common use, primarily in slow drag freight duty in ore or coal service.

A total of 175 of these locomotives were constructed under the auspices of the USRA. They went to the following railroads:

Table of original USRA allocation [1]
RailroadQuantityClassRoad numbers Notes
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
5
D2A
521–525
[2]
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
10
M-3
6200–6209
At times leased to the Colorado and Southern Railway[3]
Erie Railroad
25
R-3
4200–4224
[4]
Colorado and Southern Railway
5
E-5B
905–909
[5]
Pennsylvania Railroad
130
N2s
Random between
7036 and 9859
[6]
Total 175

The Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives were later refitted with the Pennsy's trademark Belpaire fireboxes. None of the originals built under USRA auspices or any of the subsequent copies were preserved.

References

  1. ↑ "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  2. ↑ Drury pp.51–52
  3. ↑ Drury pp. 101, 106
  4. ↑ Drury pp. 174, 180
  5. ↑ Drury pp. 136, 138
  6. ↑ Drury p.328


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