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
521–525
[5]
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
10
6300–6309
At times leased to the Colorado and Southern Railway[6]
Erie Railroad
25
4200–4224
[7]
Colorado and Southern Railway
5
905–909
[8]
Pennsylvania Railroad
130
Random between
7036 and 9859
[3]
Total 175

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2-10-2 "Santafe" Locomotives in the USA". steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The Standard Heavy Santa Fe Type Locomotive". Railway Age. 66 (7): 388–392. 14 February 1919. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Drury, George (19 November 2015). Guide to North American steam locomotives (2nd Revised ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1627002592.
  4. ^ "USRA Locomotives". Steamlocomotive.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. ^ Drury, George (19 November 2015). Guide to North American steam locomotives (2nd Revised ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-1627002592.
  6. ^ Drury, George (19 November 2015). Guide to North American steam locomotives (2nd Revised ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 101, 106. ISBN 978-1627002592.
  7. ^ Drury, George (19 November 2015). Guide to North American steam locomotives (2nd Revised ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 174, 180. ISBN 978-1627002592.
  8. ^ Drury, George (19 November 2015). Guide to North American steam locomotives (2nd Revised ed.). Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 136, 138. ISBN 978-1627002592.
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