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USRA Light Santa Fe
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1918· class of American two-cylinder 2-10-2 locomotives
what is it?
The USRA Light 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.
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Weighs about as much as 27 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1919
- retired
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 94
- 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
- 1′E1′ h2
- length
- 15.9 m
- weight
- 160 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7866840, Wikipedia: USRA Light Santa Fe (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.