<kuid:45588:4750> New York Ontario & Western X-class 2-10-2 356

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New York Ontario & Western ordered a dozen awkward 2-10-2's in 1915 in class X, #351-362 They were similar to those on New Haven, Erie, and CNR, essentially a large 2-10-0 with an almost useless trailer, only they didn't perform as well. They were rough on NYO&W's poor track. As the coal mines played out, they were less useful. Half were scrapped before WWII and a few hung on through 1946 as pushers out of Scranton. This USRA 2-10-2 will stand in for now. During the first World War, the United States government put the nation's railroads under the control of a government agency: the USRA (United States Railroad Administration). The lasting legacy of the USRA was a group of standard locomotive designs, which were used by railroads across the country. The locomotives were designed to use a minimum of materials to conserve vital materials for the war effort. To serve as many roles as possible, the USRA created a set of 12 standard steam loco designs.
The first to be delivered was Baltimore & Ohio 4500, a USRA light 2-8-2. This engine is currently on display at the B&O Railway Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The USRA engines came very late: even 4500 served for only a few months before the war ended; many USRA engines were not delivered until after the war.
94 of the light USRA 2-10-2s were allocated and delivered. Only 4 copies were built after USRA control ended (C&IM 600-603 would allegedly be them.). That makes the 2-10-2 the 2nd least copied USRA design (after the light Mallet with 0 copies). There were many reported teething problems and small nitpicks initially, but the light 2-10-2s did provide good service until the end of steam on the few roads that got them.

NYO&W X-class 2-10-2
Builder: Alco, 1915
Drivers: 57 inch
Cylinders: 28 by 32 inch
Weight: 352,500 pounds
Tractive Effort: 71,083 pounds

Original engine by Ben Neal, et al.