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Power type
  
Steam

Total produced
  
175 (plus 1200 copies)

UIC class
  
D h2

Builder
  
ALCO, Baldwin, Lima

Configuration
  
0-8-0

Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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 of the USRA types, and was of 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:

After the dissolution of the USRA, an additional 1200 copies of the USRA 0-8-0 were built for many railroads.

References

USRA 0-8-0 Wikipedia