USRA Heavy Mikado hide Power type Steam Builder ALCO , Baldwin , Lima Build date 1918–1944 Total produced 233 originals, plus 724 copies[1]
hide Scrapped 1938-1961 Disposition All Scrapped
General arrangement drawing.
The USRA Heavy Mikado was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA), the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I . These locomotives were of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation , or 1′D1′ in UIC classification . A total of 233 locomotives were built to this plan for the USRA; postwar, it became a de facto standard design, which was built to the total of 957 locomotives including the USRA originals and all subsequent copies.[2]
Heavy Mikado used the same running gear as the USRA Light Mikado but were built to a higher axle load, larger cylinders and a much larger boiler for more power and steam-generating ability. Many aspects of the PRR L1s class were carried over to the Heavy Mikado, although not that locomotive's distinctive Belpaire firebox .[1]
Original owners [ ] USRA originals [ ]
Table of original USRA allocation[3]
Railroad
Quantity
Class
Road numbers
Notes
Central Railroad of New Jersey 10 M1s 850–859 Built 1918-1925 by ALCO and Baldwin reclassified M63 in 1945.[4]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 15 O-4 5500–5514 Built 1919 by Baldwin . Several to Colorado and Southern Railway and Fort Worth and Denver Railroad.[5]
CB&Q affiliate Fort Worth and Denver Railway
5 E-4A2 451–455 [6] Baldwin . Scrapped 1958-1959
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road")100 L3 8600–8699 Built 1918 ALCO . Renumbered 300–399 (not in order).[7]
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ("Omaha Road")4 J-2 422–425 [8] ALCO . Scrapped 1942-1944
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad 5 H1s-59
363-367
Built 1911 by Baldwin . 4 to Great Northern Railway #3204–3208 in 1920 Scrapped by Great Northern 1947-1950.[9] El Paso and Southwestern Railroad .
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway 5 AB
738-742
Built 1918 by Baldwin . To Western Pacific Railroad in 1920.[10]
Erie Railroad 15 N-2 3200–3214 [11] ALCO . Scrapped 1950-1952
Great Northern Railway 4 O-3 3145–3148 [9] ALCO . Renumber to 3200-3203 . Scrapped 1941-1942
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 20 J4 1750–1769 [12] ALCO . Scrapped 1943-1945
New York Central Railroad subsidiary Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
15 H-9b, H-9d 9505–9509, 9510–9519 [13] ALCO and Baldwin . Scrapped 1950-1952
New York Central Railroad subsidiary Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad
15 H-9a, H-9c 9580–9589, 9590–9594 [13] ALCO . Scrapped 1947-1948
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway 20 M-1 6001–6020 Built 1918 . Later to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") #671–690 in 1949.[14]
Total
233
Copies[1] [ ]
Table of copies
Railroad
Quantity
Class
Road numbers
Notes
Central Railroad of New Jersey 56 M2s, M2as, M3 860–915 Built 1920-1923 by ALCO . Later reclassified M63 in 1945.[4]
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad ("Monon")1
530
[citation needed Built 1923 ALCO . Scrapped 1946
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ("Omaha Road")6 J-2 426–431 [8] ALCO . Scrapped 1947-1960
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ("Omaha Road")8 J-3 432–439 [8] ALCO Schenectady . Scrapped 1949-1961
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 145 J-4, J-4A 1770–1914 [12] ALCO . Scrapped 1945-1960
Missouri Pacific Railroad 170 MK-63 1401–1570 [15] ALCO . Scrapped 1949-1955
MP subsidiary St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
10 MK-63 1111–1120 [15] ALCO-Brooks . Scrapped 1949-1956
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road")3
H-6f
662-665
[citation needed Built 1918 by Lima . Scrapped 1955
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway 8
H6,H7
1001-1002,1110,1150-1153
Built 1918 by Baldwin and ALCO . Scrapped 1945-1953
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 65 4100 4100–4164 [16] Baldwin . Scrapped 1952
Southern Railway 115 Ms-4 4800–4915 [17] ALCO and Baldwin . Scrapped 1947-1959
Southern subsidiary Alabama Great Southern Railroad
8 Ms-4 6622–6629 [17] ALCO . Scrapped 1941-1949
Southern subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad
43 Ms-4 6320–6337, 6350–6374 [17] Baldwin and ALCO . Scrapped 1950-1955
West Point Route (Atlanta and West Point Rail Road )
1 F 430 [18] Baldwin . Scrapped 1949
West Point Route (Western Railway of Alabama )
1 F 380 [18] Baldwin . Scrapped 1952
Total
724
None of the originals built under USRA auspices or any of the subsequent copies were preserved. All were scrapped from 1938-1961
References [ ]
^ Jump up to: a b c Westcott (1960).
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Huddleston (2002).
^ "USRA locomotives" . Steamlocomotive.com . Retrieved 2009-02-22 .^ Jump up to: a b Drury pp.74, 76
^ Drury pp.101, 106
^ Drury pp.136, 138
^ Drury pp.116, 122
^ Jump up to: a b c Drury pp. 95, 98
^ Jump up to: a b Keyes & Middleton p.102
^ Drury p.430
^ Drury pp.172, 180
^ Jump up to: a b Drury pp.277, 230
^ Jump up to: a b Drury pp. 268, 278
^ Drury p.287
^ Jump up to: a b Drury pp.248–249, 254
^ Drury pp.342, 345
^ Jump up to: a b c Drury pp.369, 372–373
^ Jump up to: a b Drury p.30
Drury, George H. (1993), Guide to North American Steam Locomotives , Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company, ISBN 0-89024-206-2 LCCN 93041472 Huddleston, Eugene L. (2002). Uncle Sam's Locomotives: The USRA and the Nation's Railroads . Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34086-1 Keyes, Norman C, Jr; Middleton, Kenneth R (Autumn 1980). "The Great Northern Railway Company: All-Time Locomotive Roster 1861–1970". Railroad History . Boston, MA: The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. (143). ISSN 0090-7847 . Westcott, Linn H. (1960). Model Railroader Cyclopedia, Volume 1: Steam Locomotives . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-001-9 "Clearance and Weight Diagrams for Standard Locomotives" . Railway Age . 65 (17): 745–746. October 25, 1918 – via Archive.org.
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