USRA Heavy Santa Fe

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:

Table of original USRA allocation
Railroad Quantity Class Road numbers Notes
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
5
D2A
521–525
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
10
M-3
6200–6209
 At times leased to the Colorado and Southern Railway
Erie Railroad
25
R-3
4200–4224
Colorado and Southern Railway
5
E-5B
905–909
Pennsylvania Railroad
130
N2s
Random between
7036 and 9859
Total 175

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

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