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{{Short description|Class of American two-cylinder 0-8-0 locomotives}}
{{Infobox Locomotive
|name            = USRA 0-8-0
|powertype       = Steam
|image           = USRA 0-8-0.jpg
|whytetype       = {{whyte|0-8-0}}
|uicclass        = D h2
|builder         = [[American Locomotive Company|ALCO]], [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]], [[Lima Locomotive Works|Lima]]
|totalproduction = 175 (plus 1,200 copies)
|gauge           = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
|driverdiameter  = {{convert|51|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|wheelbase       = {{ubl|''Locomotive:'' {{convert|15|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}|''Loco & tender:'' {{convert|52|ft|10+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}}}
|length          = {{convert|66|ft|1+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|width           = {{convert|10|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|height          = {{convert|15|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|axleload        = {{convert|55000|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|locoweight      = {{convert|220000|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|tenderweight    = {{convert|144000|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|locotenderweight= {{convert|364000|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|fueltype         = Coal
|fuelcap         = {{convert|32000|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|watercap        = {{convert|8000|usgal|abbr=on}}
|boilerpressure  = {{convert|175|psi|MPa|abbr=on}}
|firearea        = {{convert|46.6|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|tubearea        = {{convert|1796|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|fluearea        = {{convert|773|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|fireboxarea     = {{convert|190|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|totalsurface    = {{convert|2781|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|superheatertype = 
|superheaterarea = {{convert|637|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|cylindercount   = Two, outside
|cylindersize    = {{convert|25|x|28|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|valvegear       = [[Baker valve gear|Baker]]
|valvetype       = {{convert|14|in|mm|adj=on}} piston valves
|tractiveeffort  = {{convert|51042|lbf|kN|abbr=on}}
}}
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 locomotive]] of the USRA types, and had an {{whyte|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:
{|class="wikitable"
|+Table of original USRA allocation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml |title=USRA Locomotives |work=Steamlocomotive.com |access-date=2009-02-18 |archive-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515010708/http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/usra.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! Railroad !! Quantity !! Class !! Road numbers !! Notes
|-
| [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] || {{center|10}} || {{center|F-1}} ||{{center|540–549}}|| <ref>Drury pp.105–106</ref>
|-
| [[Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway]] || {{center| 8}} ||  ||{{center|329-336}}||
|-
| [[Erie Railroad]] || {{center|16}} || {{center|C-1}} ||{{center|120–135}}|| <ref>Drury pp.179–180</ref>
|-
| [[Kansas City Terminal Railway]] || {{center| 5}} ||  ||{{center|34-38}}||
|-
| [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] || {{center| 6}} || {{center|C-2}} ||{{center|2118–2123}}|| <ref>Drury pp.229–230</ref>
|-
| [[Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad]] || {{center|10}} ||  || {{center|39-48}} ||
|-
| [[Northern Pacific Railway]] || {{center| 4}} || {{center|G-1}} ||{{center|1170–1173}}|| <ref>Drury p.317</ref>
|-
| [[New York Central Railroad]] || {{center|25}} || {{center|U-3a}} ||{{center|415–439}}|| Renumbered 7815–7839<ref name="Drury-275">Drury pp. 275–276</ref>
|-
| NYC subsidiary [[Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway]] || {{center| 9}} || {{center|U-3a}} ||{{center|7440–7448}}|| Renumbered 7740–7748<ref name="Drury-275" />
|-
| NYC subsidiary [[Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad]] || {{center|20}} || {{center|U-3a}} ||{{center|300–319}}|| <ref name="Drury-275" />
|-
| NYC subsidiary [[Kanawha and Michigan Railroad]] || {{center| 3}} || {{center|U-3a}} ||{{center|553, 554, 568}}|| Renumbered 9548-9550, then 7758–7760<ref name="Drury-275" />
|-
| NYC subsidiary [[Lake Erie and Western Railroad]] || {{center| 3}} || {{center|U-3a}} ||{{center|4250–4252}}|| to [[New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]] ("Nickel Plate Road") 205–207 in 1923<ref name="Drury-275" /><ref name=Drury-286>Drury pp.286–287</ref>
|-
|NYC subsidiary [[Michigan Central Railroad]] ||  {{center|10}} || {{center|U-3a}} || {{center|8940–8949}} || Renumbered 7840–7849<ref name="Drury-275" />
|-
|NYC subsidiary [[Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad]] ||  {{center| 5}} || {{center|U-3a}} || {{center|9543–9547}} || Renumbered 7753–7757<ref name="Drury-275" />
|-
|[[New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad]]
|{{center| 35}}
|{{center|Y-3}}
|Ten were built in 1920 (3400-3409), twenty in 1922 initially lettered CNE 13-32 (3415-3434), and five in 1923 (3410-3414).
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=NYNH&H STEAM - CLASS Y-2 and Y-3 0-8-0 |url=https://sites.google.com/site/nynhhsteam/new-haven-rr-steam-locomotives-a-to-z/class-a-4-4-0-type/class-b-4-4-0-type/class-c-1-to-c-9-4-4-0/class-y-2-and-y-3-0-8-0 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pere Marquette Railway]] || {{center|10}} ||  || {{center|1300–1309}} || to [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] 40–49<ref>Drury pp.86–87</ref>
|-
| [[Rutland Railroad]] || {{center| 2}} || {{center|U-3}} || {{center|109–110}} || <ref>Drury p.339</ref>
|-
| [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] || {{center|20}} || {{center|As-11}} || {{center|1878-1897}} || <ref name="Drury-372">Drury pp.372–373</ref>
|-
| West Point Route ([[Atlanta and West Point Rail Road]]) || {{center| 1}} || {{center|G}} || {{center|215}} || <ref name="Drury-031">Drury p.31</ref>
|-
| West Point Route ([[Georgia Railroad]]) || {{center|2}} || {{center| G}} || {{center|801–802}} || <ref name="Drury-031" />
|-
| West Point Route ([[Western Railway of Alabama]]) || {{center| 1}} || {{center|G}} || {{center|115}} || <ref name="Drury-031" />
|-
| [[Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916-1988)|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway]] || {{center| 5}} || {{center|C-1}} || {{center|5101–5105}} || to [[New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]] ("Nickel Plate Road") 271–275 in 1949<ref name=Drury-286 />
|-
! Total !! 175  !! !! !!
|}
After the dissolution of the USRA, an additional 1,200 copies of the USRA 0-8-0 were built for many railroads, There is a known survivor of this Type, Republic Steel Corp. #285, which is an ALCO (Richmond) product built in 1925. It is now preserved at the [[Kentucky Railway Museum]] in [[New Haven, Kentucky]]. It is unknown if any more USRA 0-8-0s of this type exist.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book|author=Westcott, Linn H.|year=1960|title=Model Railroader Cyclopedia - Volume 1: Steam Locomotives|publisher=Kalmbach Books|isbn=0-89024-001-9}}
* {{Drury-North American Steam}}
* {{cite book|author=Railroad Master Mechanics' Association|year=1922|title=Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practise - 6th Edition, 1922|publisher=Simmons-Boardman}}
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