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USRA Heavy Pacific
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· class of American two-cylinder 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Southern Railway 1401 seen 2013.04.26: N'Awlins Contrarian· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The USRA Heavy Pacific is 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 heavy passenger locomotive of the USRA types, and was 4-6-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′C1′ in UIC classification.
base stats
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.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 117
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Lima Locomotive Works
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19840980, Wikipedia: USRA Heavy Pacific (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.