USATC S100 Class

what is it?

The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S100 Class is a 0-6-0T "Switcher" type steam locomotive that was designed for switching (shunting) duties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. After the war, they were used on railways in Austria, China, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Palestine, Mexico, the United States, and Yugoslavia.

who runs it

TCTransportation CorpsWDWar DepartmentIsrael Railways

base stats

• weight 45.7 tin working order
• built 382made 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 84 years ago, in 1942.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).

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

spec sheet

built

1942–1944

status

preserved

number built

382

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Davenport Locomotive Works, H.K. Porter, Inc., Vulcan Iron Works

designer

Howard G. Hill

operators

Transportation Corps, War Department, Israel Railways

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

length

8.8 m

weight

45.7 t

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

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