USRA 0-8-0

USRA 0-8-0
Technical specifications
Manufacturer(s)	ALCO, Baldwin, Lima
Total produced	175 (plus 1200 copies) Total: 1375
Rail gauge	4 Foot 8 Inches
Valve gear	Baker
Cylinders	Two, outside
Boiler pressure	175 psi (1.21 MPa)
Bore stroke	25 in × 28 in (635 mm × 711 mm)
Firegrate area	46.6 sq ft (4.33 m2)
Fuel type	Coal
Heating area	637 sq ft (59.2 m2)
Performance figures
Tractive effort	51,042 lbf (227.05 kN)
Disposition details
Preserved	285 Preserved
Disposition	a few preserved, Remainder Scrapped

The USRA 0-8-0 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 heavy switcher of the USRA types and was of 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "D" in UIC classification.

A total of 175 locomotives were built under USRA control; these were sent to the following railroads:

Table of original USRA allocation

Railroad	Quantity	Class	Road numbers	Notes
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad| 10	F-1	540–549
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway	8		329-336
Erie Railroad	16	C-1	120–135
Kansas City Terminal Railway	5		34-38
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	6	C-2	2118–2123
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	10		39-48
Northern Pacific Railway	4	G-1	1170–1173
New York Central Railroad	25	U-3a	415–439	Renumbered 7815–7839
NYC subsidiary Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway	9	U-3a	7440–7448	Renumbered 7740–7748
NYC subsidiary Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad	20	U-3a	300–319
NYC subsidiary Kanawha and Michigan Railroad	3	U-3a	553,554,568	Renumbered 9548-9550, then 7758–7760
NYC subsidiary Lake Erie and Western Railroad	3	U-3a	4250–4252	to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") 205–207 in 1923
NYC subsidiary Michigan Central Railroad	10	U-3a	8940–8949	Renumbered 7840–7849
NYC subsidiary Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad	5	U-3a	9543–9547	Renumbered 7753–7757
Pere Marquette Railway	10		1300–1309	to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 40–49
Rutland Railroad	2	U-3	109–110
Southern Railway	20	As-11	1878-1897
West Point Route (Atlanta and West Point Rail Road)	1	G	215
West Point Route (Georgia Railroad)	2	G	801–802
West Point Route (Western Railway of Alabama)	1	G	115
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway	5	C-1	5101–5105	to New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") 271–275 in 1949
Total	175

After the dissolution of the USRA, an additional 1200 copies of the USRA 0-8-0 were built for many railroads, However, there is a known survivor of this Type, Republic Steel Corp. #285 is an ALCO (Richmond) Product built in 1925, is at the Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, KY. It is unknown if any more USRA 0-8-0's of this type exist.

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Steam Locomotives of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA).
Switchers	0-6-0 • 0-8-0
Light	2-8-2 • 2-10-2 • 4-6-2 • 4-8-2
Heavy	2-8-2 • 2-10-2 • 4-6-2 • 4-8-2
Articulated	2-6-6-2 • 2-8-8-2