USRA 0-6-0


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 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:
RailroadQuantityClassRoad numbersNotes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
10
E-9-S
1136–1145
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
40
D-30
350–389
Central Railroad of New Jersey
10
B6s
101–110
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
10
G-5
500–509
Also 15 copies
Chicago Great Western Railway
5
B-6
480–484
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
10
S-33
275–284
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
8
75-82
Chicago and North Western Railway
35
M-3
2601–2635
Grand Trunk Railway
5
F11
801–805
to GTW 1824–1828, renumbered 7527–7531, Canadian National class O-19-a
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
5
F11
1744–1748
Renumbered 7522–7526, Canadian National class O-19-a
Maine Central Railroad
2
K
175–176
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
10
40
40–49
Also 13 copies
New York Central Railroad subsidiary
Chicago Junction
14
B-62
221–234
Pennsylvania Railroad
30
B28s
Random between 7007 and 9405
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
2
20-21
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
10
F-5
1090–1099
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway
7
3800
3800–3806
Texas and Pacific Railway
14
B-8
457–470
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
10
157-166
Union Pacific Railroad
10
S-Spl
4451-4460
Union Pacific subsidiary
Oregon Short Line Railroad
5
S-Spl
4753–4757
Washington Terminal Company
3
32-34
Total255

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.