Illinois Central bought 60 Mountains for passenger trains and realized that they worked well in freight service, too.  In 1937, IC took the boilers from 56 of their 125 2-10-2's (they called them Centrals) and used them for their excellent 2500-class freight-service Mountains.  During WWII they designed and built from scratch the 20 members of the 2600-class, IC's best freight engines.  At some unknown time, eleven 2400-class engines were rebuilt.  The eight engines in the 2300-class kept their 73 1/2-inch drivers, but the three 2350-class were given 70-inch drivers.  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.
	Due to a focus on freight operations in USRA locomotive allocations, relatively few of the USRA passenger engines were built. There were only 47 of these light 4-8-2s built under the USRA, which made it the second most common USRA passenger engine (after the 81 light 4-6-2s). However, the design was modified and copied often following the end of the war. Many roads ordered similar 4-8-2s before and after the war, so this model can easily be a stand in for many 4-8-2 types around North America.
ICRR 2350-class 4-8-2 (most similar in appearance)
Builder: Illinois Central (Paducah Shops, Paducah, KY), year?
Drivers: 70 inch
Cylinders: 28 by 28 inch
Weight: 362,500 pounds
Tractive Effort: 51,100 pounds
  
   
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