USRA Heavy Pacific

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USRA Heavy Pacific
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Total produced
  • Originals: 20
  • Copies: 17
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-2
 • UIC2′C1′ h2
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.79 in (2,007 mm)
Wheelbase
  • Coupled: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
  • Locomotive: 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m)
  • Loco & tender: 70 ft 8+1⁄2 in (21.55 m)
Axle load60,000 lb (27,000 kg)
Adhesive weight180,000 lb (82,000 kg)
Loco weight300,000 lb (140,000 kg)
Tender weight144,000 lb (65,000 kg)
Total weight444,000 lb (201,000 kg)
Fuel capacityCoal
Water cap.8,000 US gal (30,000 l; 6,700 imp gal)
Tender cap.32,000 lb (15,000 kg)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		70.8 sq ft (6.58 m2)
Boiler pressure200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface3,808 sq ft (353.8 m2)
 • Tubes2,407 sq ft (223.6 m2)
 • Flues1,090 sq ft (101 m2)
 • Firebox284 sq ft (26.4 m2)
Superheater:
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 • Heating area882 sq ft (81.9 m2)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size27 in × 28 in (686 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gearBaker
Valve type14-inch (356 mm) piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort43,800 lbf (194.83 kN)
Factor of adh.4.1

The USRA Heavy Pacific 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 passenger locomotive of the USRA types, and was 4-6-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′C1′ in UIC classification.

Roster fleet[]

Original locomotives[]

A total of 20 locomotives were built under USRA control, with the production split between the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the American Locomotive Company's Richmond plant; these were sent to the following railroads:

Table of original USRA allocation[1]
Railroad Quantity Class Road numbers Built Notes Retired
Erie Railroad (ERIE)
20
K-5
2915–2934
 1919 Ten K-5-As were also built as copies (Nos. 2935-2944) in 1923 and a K-5-B (No. 2960) in 1926 by Baldwin.[2] 1950-1952

Locomotive copies[]

Other post-USRA derivatives include the Baltimore and Ohio P-7 and the Southern Railway Ps-4 classes, the former having larger 80 inch drivers, higher tractive effort, and increased boiler pressure, and the latter with smaller 73 inch drivers, larger cabs, feedwater heaters, and later batches given larger tenders.[3]

Table of USRA copies
Railroad Quantity Class Road numbers Built Notes Retired
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
20
P-7
5300-5319
 1927 Built by Baldwin.[4] 1958
Southern Railway (SOU)
64
Ps-4
1366-1409, 6471-6482, 6675-6683
 1923-1928
  • Thirty-five (Nos. 1366-1392, 6471-6475, and 6684-6687) built in 1923 at ALCO's Schenectady Works.[5]
  • Twenty-two (Nos. 1393-1404, 6476-6482, and 6688-6691) built in 1926 at ALCO's Richmond Works.[6]
  • The last five (Nos. 1405-1409) built in 1928 by Baldwin.[6]
 1949-1953
West Point Route (WPR)
2
P-74
190 & 290
 1926 Nos. 190 and 290 were both built for the Western Railway of Alabama (WRA) and the Atlanta and West Point Railroad (A&WP), respectively.[7] 1954
Total 88

Three locomotive copies were preserved, such as Atlanta and West Point No. 290 built by Lima in 1926, which ran excursions from 1989 to 1992 and is now under cosmetic restoration at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia, the B&O P7 5300 at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, and Southern Railway Ps-4 No. 1401 in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

References[]

  1. ^ Drury (2015), p. 50.
  2. ^ Drury (2015), p. 176.
  3. ^ Bryant, H. (October 1950). "Ps-4". Trains: 20–26.
  4. ^ Drury (2015), p. 76.
  5. ^ Ranks & Lowe (1966), p. 150.
  6. ^ a b Ranks & Lowe (1966), pp. 151–152.
  7. ^ Drury (2015), p. 67.
  • Drury, George (2015). Guide to North American Steam Locomotives, Revised Edition (2nd ed.). Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62700-259-2.
  • 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.
  • Ranks, Harold; Lowe, Shelby (1966). Southern Steam Power (1st ed.). Barnhart Press. ASIN B0007EMUYS.
  • Westcott, Linn H. (1960). Model Railroader Cyclopedia, Volume 1: Steam Locomotives. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89024-001-9.
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