#1882
USRA Light Pacific
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1919· class of American two-cylinder 4-6-2 locomotives
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- 1. Atlantic Coast Line Locomotive No. 1504: Timdwilliamson· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The USRA Light 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. It was the standard light passenger locomotive of the USRA types, with a 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.
fun facts
- First built 107 years ago, in 1919.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1920
- number built
- 81
- 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
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7866838, Wikipedia: USRA Light Pacific (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.