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O-3 Class 2-8-2 (USRA Heavy) General Data
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Built:

Between 11/1918 and 3/1919

Cylinders:

27"x32"

Engine weight:

320,000 lbs.

 

Builder:

Alco-Schenectady

Alco-Brooks

Driver diameter:

63"

Weight on drivers:

239,000 lbs.

 

Number series:

3200-3208

Boiler pressure:

Design: 200 psi.

Operating: 190 psi.

Tractive effort:

59,800 lbs.

 

PREVIOUS

RR & NO.

GN#

1st

GN#

2nd

BUILDER

BUILDER#

BUILT

DISPOSITION

REMARKS 

- 3145

3200

(re# 4/16/1919)

Alco-Schenectady 61038 3/1919 Scrapped 8/1955  
- 3146

3201

(re# 4/17/1919)

Alco-Schenectady 61039 3/1919 Scrapped 4/1955  
- 3147

3202

(re# 4/9/1919)

Alco-Schenectady 61040 3/1919 Scrapped 10/1951  
- 3148

3203

(re# 4/22/1919)

Alco-Schenectady 61041 3/1919 Scrapped 8/1955  

El Paso & 

Southwestern #390

3204

(acq.'20)

- Alco-Brooks 60400 11/1918 Scrapped 4/1955 1)

El Paso & 

Southwestern #391

3205

(acq.'20)

- Alco-Brooks 60401 11/1918 Scrapped 12/1949 1)

El Paso & 

Southwestern #392

3206

(acq.'20)

- Alco-Brooks 60402 11/1918 Scrapped 5/1948 1)

El Paso & 

Southwestern #393

3207

(acq.'20)

- Alco-Brooks 60403 11/1918 Scrapped 5/1953 1)

El Paso & 

Southwestern #394

3208

(acq.'20)

- Alco-Brooks 60404 11/1918 Scrapped 4/1955 1)
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Remark(s):

1) Locomotives were assigned by USRA to the El Paso & Southwestern, but were unsuitable due to a lack of coal servicing facilities. GN purchased them in 1920.