The United States Railroad Administration (USRA) was founded on December 28, 1917. It was created with the authority to oversee the nationalization of the privately owned American railroads. Obviously, there was much controversy created by the USRA. Previously, each railroad had been accustomed to designing their own steam locomotives to suit their specific needs. This meant that each railroad owned custom-built locomotives.
One of the results of the USRA were standardized steam locomotive designs. The USRA designed these locomotives to have the latest and most modern features. Features included pneumatic firedoor openers, power reverse mechanisms, mechanical stokers on the larger locomotives, dual water glasses, and power grate shakers (which later turned out to be impractical).
From mid 1918 through 1919, the USRA oversaw the production of almost 1900 steam locomotives in 12 differenct wheel arrangements. Ironically, the war which prompted the creation of the USRA was over only four months after the USRA's first locomotive was ready for service on July 4, 1918 -- a light 2-8-2 numbered 4500 for the Baltimore & Ohio.
This page shows initial allocations of USRA locomotives. Most (if not all) of the deliveries to these railroads were made between 1918 and 1919. Many of these roads ordered and received copies of the USRA locomotive designs at later dates. Statistics reflecting USRA copies that were delivered later are NOT shown here.
Although several references have been used, filling in this table is difficult. There are cases where locomotives were refused by a railroad and them immediately delivered to another railroad. One example of this was the T&P which quickly returned 11 light 2-8-2s. They were subsequently delivered to the CRI&P.
Road | 0-6-0 | 0-8-0 | 2-8-2 | 2-10-2 | 2-6-6-2 | 2-8-8-2 | 4-6-2 | 4-8-2 |
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Ann Arbor | 4 light | |||||||
ACL (A&WP) | 1 | |||||||
ACL (GA) | 2 | |||||||
ACL (WofA) | 1 | |||||||
ACL | 10 | 45 light | ||||||
B&LE | 5 heavy | |||||||
B&O | 40 | 100 light | 30 light | |||||
C&A | 10 light | |||||||
C&EI | 15 light | |||||||
C&O | 20 | 5 heavy | ||||||
CB&Q | 10 | 10 | 15 heavy | 10 heavy | ||||
C&WI | 5 light | |||||||
CI&L | 5 light | |||||||
CGW | 5 | 10 light | ||||||
Clinchfield | 10 | |||||||
CNJ | 10 | 10 heavy | ||||||
CNW (CStPM&O) | 8 | 4 heavy | ||||||
CNW | 35 | |||||||
CMStP&P | 100 heavy | |||||||
CRI&P | 10 | 9 (+ 11 from T&P) light | ||||||
DM&N | 10 light | |||||||
EJ&E | 8 | 5 heavy | ||||||
EP&SW | 5 heavy | |||||||
Erie | 16 | 15 heavy | 25 heavy | 20 heavy | ||||
FW&DC (C&S) | 5 heavy | |||||||
FW&DC | 5 heavy | |||||||
GM&O (M&O) | 10 | |||||||
GN | 4 heavy | |||||||
GT | 5 | 15 light | ||||||
GTW | 5 | 25 light | ||||||
KCT | 5 | |||||||
L&HR | 4 light | |||||||
L&N | 6 | 18 light 20 heavy | 6 light | |||||
MEC | 2 | 6 light | ||||||
MKT | 10 | |||||||
Monongahela | 10 light | |||||||
MP | 15 light + 10 from PRR (see note 4) | 7 light | ||||||
N&W | 50 | 10 heavy | ||||||
NC&StL | 10 light | 5 light | ||||||
NP | 4 | |||||||
NYC&StL (W&LE) | 5 | 20 heavy | 10 | |||||
NYC&StL | 10 light | |||||||
NYC (B&A) | 10 light | |||||||
NYC (CCC&StL) | 9 | 25 light | ||||||
NYC (CJ) | 14 | |||||||
NYC (IHB) | 20 | 24 light | ||||||
NYC (K&M) | 3 | |||||||
NYC (LE&W) | 3 | 15 light | ||||||
NYC (MC) | 10 | 20 light | ||||||
NYC (P&LE) | 15 heavy | |||||||
NYC (PMcK&Y) | 15 heavy | |||||||
NYC (T&OC) | 5 | 15 light | ||||||
NYC | 25 | 95 light | ||||||
NYNH&H | 10 light | |||||||
PM | 10 | |||||||
PRR (GR&I) | 5 light (33 to SLSF & MP, see note 4) | |||||||
PRR (PCC&StL) | 30 | 130 heavy (see note 2) | ||||||
P&WV | 2 | 3 light | ||||||
Rutland | 2 | 6 light | ||||||
SAL | 10 | 10 light | 15 light | |||||
SLSF | 7 | 23 light from PRR (see note 4) | note 2 | |||||
Southern (AGS) | 3 light | |||||||
Southern (CNO&TP) | 5 | (see note 3) | 5 light | |||||
Southern (NO&NE) | 1 | |||||||
Southern | 14 | 25 (see note 3) | 50 light | 17 light | ||||
T&P | 14 | 11 light (to CRI&P) | ||||||
TRRA | 10 | |||||||
UP (OSL) | 5 | 20 light | ||||||
UP | 10 | 20 light | ||||||
Virginian | 20 | |||||||
Wabash | 20 light | |||||||
Wash Term | 3 | |||||||
WP | 5 light | |||||||
Total Constructed | 255 | 175 | 625 light 233 heavy | 94 light 175 heavy | 30 | 106 | 81 light 20 heavy | 47 light 15 heavy |
A&WP | Atlanta & West Point | K&M | Kanawha & Michigan (NYC) |
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ACL | Atlantic Coast Line | KCT | Kansas City Terminal |
AGS | Alabama Great Southern | L&HR | Lehigh & Hudson River |
B&A | Boston & Albany (NYC) | L&N | Louisville & Nashville |
B&LE | Bessemer & Lake Erie | LE&W | Lake Erie & Western |
B&O | Baltimore & Ohio | M&O | Mobile & Ohio |
C&A | Chicago & Alton | MC | Michigan Central (NYC) |
C&EI | Chicago & Eastern Illinois | MEC | Maine Central |
C&O | Chesapeake & Ohio | MKT | Missouri-Kansas-Texas |
C&S | Colorado & Southern | MP | Misouri Pacific |
C&WI | Chicago & Western Indiana (Belt Rwy. of Chicago) | N&W | Norfolk & Western |
CB&Q | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | NC&StL | Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (L&N) |
CCC&StL | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis ("Big Four") | NO&NE | New Orleans & Northeastern (Southern) |
CGW | Chicago Great Western | NP | Northern Pacific |
CI&L | Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville ("Monon") | NYC | New York Central |
CJ | Chicago Junction (NYC) | NYC&StL | New York, Chigago & St. Louis |
CMStP&P | Chicago, Milwaukee, St.Paul & Pacific | NYNH&H | New York, New Haven & Hartford |
CNJ | Central of New Jersey | OSL | Origon Short Line (UP) |
CNO&TP | Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific (Southern) | P&LE | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (NYC) |
C&NW | Chicago and North Western | P&WV | Pittsburgh & West Virginia |
CRI&P | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | PCC&StL | Pittsburgh, Cincinatti, Chicago & St. Louis (PRR: "Lines West") |
CStPM&O | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha ("Omaha Road") | PM | Pere Marquette |
DM&N | Duluth, Missabe & Northern | PMcK&Y | Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny (NYC) |
EJ&E | Elgin, Joliet & Eastern | PRR | Pennsylvania Rairoad |
EP&SW | El Paso & Southwestern (Southern Pacific) | SAL | Seaboard Air Line |
FW&DC | Fort Worth & Denver City | SLSF | St. Louis-San Francisco |
GA | Georgia Railroad | T&OC | Toledo & Ohio Central (NYC) |
GM&O | Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | T&P | Texas & Pacific |
GN | Great Northern | TRRA | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis |
GR&I | Grand Rapids & Indiana (PRR) | UP | Union Pacific |
GT | Grand Trunk (New England) | W&LE | Wheeling & Lake Erie |
GTW | Grand Trunk Western | WP | Western Pacific |
IHB | Indiana Harbor Belt (NYC) | WofA | Western Railroad of Alabama |
SLSF # | IHB # |
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4008 | 401 |
4009 | 419 |
4010 | 411 |
4011 | 410 |
4012 | 421 |
4013 | 422 |
4014 | 406 |
4015 | 413 |
4016 | 400 |
4032 | 432 |