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[]
USRA originals[]
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 . 3 to AGS 6692–6694, 5 to CNOTP 6495–6499 . All Scrapped 1950-1955 |
Total | 47 |
Copies[]
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 under USRA auspices or any of the subsequent copies were preserved and all were scrapped from 1943 to 1959.
References[]
- 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. Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. 147. 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.
Categories:
- USRA locomotives
- 4-8-2 locomotives
- ALCO locomotives
- Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
- United States rail transportation stubs
- Steam locomotive stubs
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1918