USRA Heavy Santa Fe explained

USRA Heavy Santa Fe
Powertype:Steam
Builder:American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works
Builddate:1919
Totalproduction:175
Whytetype:2-10-2
Uicclass:1′E1′ h2
Leadingdiameter:330NaN0
Driverdiameter:630NaN0
Trailingdiameter:430NaN0
Wheelbase:42feet
Length:55feet without tender
Width:10feet
Height:15feet
Weightondrivers:293000abbr=inNaNabbr=in
Locoweight:380000abbr=inNaNabbr=in
Locotenderweight:586000abbr=inNaNabbr=in
Fueltype:Soft coal (bituminous)
Boilerpressure:1902NaN2
Firearea:82.22NaN2
Tubearea:32581NaN1
Fluearea:14691NaN1
Fireboxarea:4291NaN1
Totalsurface:51561NaN1
Superheaterarea:12301NaN1
Cylindercount:Two
Cylindersize:30x
Valvegear:Southern (see drawing)
Tractiveeffort:740001NaN1
Factorofadhesion:3.96
Disposition:All scrapped between 1953 and 1955

The USRA Heavy Santa Fe 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. These locomotives were of 2-10-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 1′E1′ in UIC classification; this arrangement was commonly named "Santa Fe" in the United States. At the time, the Santa Fe was the largest non-articulated type in common use, primarily in slow drag freight duty in ore or coal service.[1] [2] [3]

A total of 175 of these locomotives were constructed under the auspices of the USRA. They went to the following railroads:

Table of original USRA allocation [4] !Railroad!!Quantity!!Class!!Road numbers!! Notes
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad[5]
At times leased to the Colorado and Southern Railway[6]
[7]
[8]
Total175
The Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives were later refitted with the Pennsy's trademark Belpaire fireboxes. None of the originals built under USRA auspices or any of the subsequent copies were preserved.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2-10-2 "Santafe" Locomotives in the USA . steamlocomotive.com . 18 November 2018.
  2. The Standard Heavy Santa Fe Type Locomotive . Railway Age . 14 February 1919 . 66 . 7 . 388–392 . 18 November 2018.
  3. Book: Drury . George . Guide to North American steam locomotives . 19 November 2015 . Kalmbach Publishing Company . Waukesha, Wisconsin . 978-1627002592 . 2nd Revised .
  4. Web site: USRA Locomotives . Steamlocomotive.com . 2009-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515010708/http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml . 15 May 2009 .
  5. Book: Drury . George . Guide to North American steam locomotives . 19 November 2015 . Kalmbach Publishing Company . Waukesha, Wisconsin . 978-1627002592 . 2nd Revised . 51–52 .
  6. Book: Drury . George . Guide to North American steam locomotives . 19 November 2015 . Kalmbach Publishing Company . Waukesha, Wisconsin . 978-1627002592 . 2nd Revised . 101, 106 .
  7. Book: Drury . George . Guide to North American steam locomotives . 19 November 2015 . Kalmbach Publishing Company . Waukesha, Wisconsin . 978-1627002592 . 2nd Revised . 174, 180 .
  8. Book: Drury . George . Guide to North American steam locomotives . 19 November 2015 . Kalmbach Publishing Company . Waukesha, Wisconsin . 978-1627002592 . 2nd Revised . 136, 138 .