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The USRA Heavy Mountain 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 light freight locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 4-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′D1′ in UIC classification.

A total of 15 locomotives were built under the auspices of the USRA.

Table of original USRA allocation
Railroad Quantity Class Road numbers Notes
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 5 J-2 543-547 Built 1918 by Baldwin . Renumbered from 133-137. Scrapped 1940-1947
Norfolk and Western Railway 10 K2 116–125 Built 1919 by ALCO. Scrapped 1951-1952
Total 15
Table of copies acquired
Railroad Quantity Class Road numbers Notes
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 2 J-2a 548–549 Built 1923 by ALCO. Renumbered from 138-139 . Scrapped 1948
Florida East Coast Railway 23 801 801–823 Built 1926 by ALCO Schenectady. Scrapped 1950-1952
Norfolk and Western Railway 12 K2a 126–137 Built 1923 by Baldwin. Scrapped 1947-1959
Total 37

Neither the originals built by the USRA or any of the subsequent copies were preserved, being scrapped between 1940 and 1959.

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Steam Locomotives of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA).
Switchers 0-6-00-8-0
Light 2-8-22-10-24-6-24-8-2
Heavy 2-8-22-10-24-6-24-8-2
Articulated 2-6-6-22-8-8-2
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