USRA Heavy Santa Fe

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USRA Heavy Santa Fe
USRA Heavy Santa Fe
Power type Steam
Configuration2-10-2
Gauge4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Leading wheel size33 in (838 mm)
Trailing wheel size43 in (1,092 mm)
Wheelbase42 ft 2 in (12.85 m)
Length55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) without tender
Width10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Height15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Weight on drivers293,000 lb (133,000 kg)
Total weight380,000 lb (172,000 kg)
Locomotive and tender combined weight586,000 lb (266,000 kg)
Fuel typeSoft coal
Boiler pressure190 lbf/in² (1.31 MPa)
Fire grate area82.2 ft² (7.64 m²)
Heating surface: Tubes3,258 ft² (302.68 m²)
Heating surface: Flues1,469 ft² (136.47 m²)
Heating surface: Firebox429 ft² (39.85 m²)
Heating surface: Total5,156 ft² (479.01 m²)
Superheater area1,230 ft² (114.27 m²)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size30×32 in (762×813 mm)
Valve gearWalschaert valve gear
Tractive effort74,000 lbf (329 kN)
Factor of adhesion3.96

The USRA Heavy Santa Fe 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. These locomotives were of 2-10-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or "1'E1'" in UIC classification; this arrangement was commonly named "Santa Fe" in the United States. At the time, the Santa Fe was the largest non-articulated type in common use, primarily in slow drag freight duty in ore or coal service.

A total of 175 of these locomotives were constructed under the auspices of the USRA. They went to the following railroads:

The Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives were later refitted with the Pennsy's trademark Belpaire fireboxes.