USRA 0-6-0


The USRA 0-6-0 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 switcher locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "C" in UIC classification.
A total of 255 locomotives were built under USRA control; these were sent to the following railroads:
RailroadQuantityClassRoad numbersNotes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad10E-9-S1136–1145
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad40D-30350–389
Central Railroad of New Jersey10B6s101–110
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad10G-5500–509Also 15 copies
Chicago Great Western Railway 5B-6480–484
Chicago, Rock Island and [Pacific Railroad]10S-33275–284
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway 875-82
Chicago and North Western Railway35M-32601–2635
Grand Trunk Railway 5F11801–805to GTW 1824–1828, renumbered 7527–7531, Canadian National class O-19-a
Grand Trunk Western Railroad 5F111744–1748Renumbered 7522–7526, Canadian National class O-19-a
Maine Central Railroad 2K175–176
Mobile and Ohio Railroad104040–49Also 13 copies
New York Central Railroad subsidiary
Chicago Junction		14B-62221–234
Pennsylvania Railroad30B28sRandom between 7007 and 9405
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway 220-21
Seaboard Air Line Railroad10F-51090–1099
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway 738003800–3806
Texas and Pacific Railway14B-8457–470
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis10157-166
Union Pacific Railroad10S-Spl4600-4609
Union Pacific subsidiary
Oregon Short Line Railroad		 5S-Spl4753–4757
Washington Terminal Company 332-34
Total255

After the dissolution of the USRA, the Atlantic Coast Line, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Texas and Pacific Railway ordered additional copies of the USRA 0-6-0 design, while the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Wheeling and [Lake Erie Railway (1916-1988)|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway] ordered only copies.

Preservation

As of 2022, three USRA 0-6-0 copies are known to be preserved. Two are from the Wheeling and Lake Erie: 3960, which is awaiting a cosmetic restoration at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio, and 3984, which is undergoing an operational restoration at the Lorain and West Virginia Railway in Wellington, Ohio, and it is currently known as Nickel Plate Road 384. The third is 63, built by Alco in 1940 for the Alabama State Docks Commission. It has been on public display at the Kokosing Gap Trail in Mount Vernon, Ohio since 2002. 63 is currently in the best cosmetic shape of the three, but unfortunately, there are no plans to further restore it or make it operational.