USRA Light Mountain
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The USRA Light Mountain 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 freight locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 4-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′D1′ in UIC classification.
A total of 47 locomotives were built under the auspices of the USRA.
Original owners
[edit]USRA originals
[edit]Railroad | Quantity | Class | Road numbers |
Notes |
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Missouri Pacific Railroad | 7 | MT-69 | 5301–5307 | Built 1919 by ALCO. All scrapped, 1943-1947. |
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | 5 | J1-54 | 550–554 | Built 1919 by ALCO-Richmond. All scrapped, 1945-1949. |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | 10 | R-1 | 3300–3309 | Built 1919 by ALCO-Schenectady. All scrapped, 1949-1951. |
Southern Railway | 25 | Ts-1 | 1475–1499 | Built 1919 by ALCO. Three to AGS 6692–6694, five to CNOTP 6495–6499. All scrapped, 1950-1955. |
Total | 47 |
Copies
[edit]Railroad | Quantity | Class | Road numbers |
Notes |
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 22 | L-1 | 400–421 | Built 1926-1930 by Baldwin . All Scrapped 1953-1957 |
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway | 8 | J1-54 | 555–562 | Built 1922 by Baldwin. All scrapped, 1955-1956. |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | 30 | R-1-a | 3310–3339 | Built 1919 by ALCO. All scrapped, 1943-1958. |
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | 9 | R-1-b | 3304–3348 | Built 1918-1919 by ALCO. All scrapped, 1943-1945. |
New York, Ontario and Western Railway | ||||
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line) | 21 | N-20 | 4000–4020 | Built 1926-1930 by ALCO and Soo Line. All scrapped, 1944-1959. |
Total | 90 |
None of the originals built by the USRA or any of the subsequent copies were preserved, being scrapped from 1943 to 1959.
References
[edit]- 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.
- Huddleston, Eugene L. (2002). Uncle Sam's Locomotives: The USRA and the Nation's Railroads. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34086-1.
- Westcott, Linn H. (1960). Model Railroader Cyclopedia, Volume 1: Steam Locomotives. Milwaukee, Wis.: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-001-9.