USRA 0-8-0

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-8-0
• UIC	D h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	51 in (1,295 mm)
Wheelbase	Locomotive: 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m); Loco & tender: 52 ft 10+1⁄2 in (16.12 m);
Length	66 ft 1+1⁄2 in (20.15 m)
Width	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Height	15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Axle load	55,000 lb (25,000 kg)
Loco weight	220,000 lb (100,000 kg)
Tender weight	144,000 lb (65,000 kg)
Total weight	364,000 lb (165,000 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	46.6 sq ft (4.33 m2)
Boiler pressure	175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface	2,781 sq ft (258.4 m2)
• Tubes	1,796 sq ft (166.9 m2)
• Flues	773 sq ft (71.8 m2)
• Firebox	190 sq ft (18 m2)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	637 sq ft (59.2 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	25 in × 28 in (635 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Baker
Valve type	14-inch (360 mm) piston valves

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	ALCO, Baldwin, Lima
Total produced	175 (plus 1,200 copies)

USRA 0-8-0
USRA 0-8-0
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	ALCO, Baldwin, Lima
Total produced	175 (plus 1,200 copies)
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-8-0
• UIC	D h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	51 in (1,295 mm)
Wheelbase	Locomotive: 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m); Loco & tender: 52 ft 10+1⁄2 in (16.12 m);
Length	66 ft 1+1⁄2 in (20.15 m)
Width	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Height	15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Axle load	55,000 lb (25,000 kg)
Loco weight	220,000 lb (100,000 kg)
Tender weight	144,000 lb (65,000 kg)
Total weight	364,000 lb (165,000 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	46.6 sq ft (4.33 m2)
Boiler pressure	175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface	2,781 sq ft (258.4 m2)
• Tubes	1,796 sq ft (166.9 m2)
• Flues	773 sq ft (71.8 m2)
• Firebox	190 sq ft (18 m2)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	637 sq ft (59.2 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	25 in × 28 in (635 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Baker
Valve type	14-inch (360 mm) piston valves
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	51,042 lbf (227.05 kN)

The USRA 0-8-0 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 heavy switcher locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "D" in UIC classification.

A total of 175 locomotives were built under USRA control; these were sent to the following railroads:

Table of original USRA allocation
Railroad	Quantity	Class	Road numbers	Notes
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad	10	F-1	540–549
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway	8		329-336
Erie Railroad	16	C-1	120–135
Kansas City Terminal Railway	5		34-38
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	6	C-2	2118–2123
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	10		39-48
Northern Pacific Railway	4	G-1	1170–1173
New York Central Railroad	25	U-3a	415–439	Renumbered 7815–7839
NYC subsidiary Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	9	U-3a	7440–7448	Renumbered 7740–7748
NYC subsidiary Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad	20	U-3a	300–319
NYC subsidiary Kanawha and Michigan Railroad	3	U-3a	553,554,568	Renumbered 9548-9550, then 7758–7760
NYC subsidiary Lake Erie and Western Railroad	3	U-3a	4250–4252	to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") 205–207 in 1923
NYC subsidiary Michigan Central Railroad	10	U-3a	8940–8949	Renumbered 7840–7849
NYC subsidiary Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad	5	U-3a	9543–9547	Renumbered 7753–7757
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	35	Y-3	Ten were built in 1920 (3400-3409), twenty in 1922 initially lettered CNE 13-32 (3415-3434), and five in 1923 (3410-3414).
Pere Marquette Railway	10		1300–1309	to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 40–49
Rutland Railroad	2	U-3	109–110
Southern Railway	20	As-11	1878-1897
West Point Route (Atlanta and West Point Rail Road)	1	G	215
West Point Route (Georgia Railroad)	2	G	801–802
West Point Route (Western Railway of Alabama)	1	G	115
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway	5	C-1	5101–5105	to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") 271–275 in 1949
Total	175

After the dissolution of the USRA, an additional 1,200 copies of the USRA 0-8-0 were built for many railroads, There is a known survivor of this Type, Republic Steel Corp. #285, which is an ALCO (Richmond) Pproduct built in 1925. It is now preserved at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky. It is unknown if any more USRA 0-8-0s of this type exist.

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