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USRA 0-6-0

🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1918· class of American two-cylinder 0-6-0 locomotive

USRA 0-6-0, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

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: 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 ordered only copies.

base stats

  • built 255made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 108 years ago, in 1918.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1918–1919
number built
255
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
0-6-0

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7866832, Wikipedia: USRA 0-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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