USATC S118 class Specifications Configuration: • Whyte 2-8-2 • UIC 1′D1′ h2 Gauge 3 ft 914 mm )1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) metre gauge 3 ft 6 in 1,067 mm )Leading dia. 26 in (660 mm) Driver dia.48 in (1,219 mm) Trailing dia. 30 in (762 mm) Length 5+ 1 ⁄2 in (18,123 mm)Adhesive weight 80,000 lb (36,300 kilograms; 36.3 metric tons) Loco weight 119,000 lb (53,980 kilograms; 53.98 metric tons) Tender weight 96,700 lb (43,860 kilograms; 43.86 metric tons) Fuel type Coal or fuel oil Fuel capacity 18,000 lb (8,160 kilograms; 8.16 metric tons) Water cap. 5,000 US gal (18,927 L; 4,163.4 imp gal) Firebox: • Grate area 27.7 sq ft (2.57 m2 ) Boiler pressure 185 lbf/in2 (1.28 MPa) Heating surface: • Firebox 115 sq ft (10.7 m2 ) • Tubes and flues 1,256 sq ft (116.7 m2 ) • Total surface 1,371 sq ft (127.4 m2 ) Superheater: • Heating area 374 sq ft (34.7 m2 ) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Indirect Walschaerts
Career Operators USATC Numbers 3000–3029, 130–249, 257–639, 661–788, 811–890 Locale North America, South America, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Middle East, South and South East Asia, Australia
The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S118 Class is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotive . Built to either 3 ft 914 mm ), 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) metre gauge 3 ft 6 in 1,067 mm ) gauge, they were used in at least 24 different countries.
Based on Australia's new C17 class locomotives, their specifications were forwarded to the United States where the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) drew up plans for a 2-8-2 with specifications similar to a C17 class. 741 were built in the period late 1942–1945 with a further 52 appearing between 1945 and 1948. They were built by Baldwin (253+33), Alco (338), Porter (25+5), Davenport (67+6) and Vulcan (58+8) in the United States. The first thirty were numbered 3000–3029, with subsequently locomotives numbered 130–249, and 257–889. Locomotives 640–660 and 789–810 were cancelled.
The S118 class were the most widespread of all the locomotives of World War II . The first twenty locomotives (3000–3019) were sent to Nigeria. Eleven, (190–200), were converted to 3 ft (914 mm ) gauge by putting 3 in (76.2 mm) wide spacers (rings) between the wheels and the truck side frames on same length axles , and delivered to the White Pass and Yukon Route in Alaska . Twenty (216–235) were delivered to Queensland where they formed the Queensland Railways ' AC16 Class . Others were sent to North Africa, Gold Coast (Africa) , Iraq , India, and Burma .
After the war, surplus locomotives were sold to Malaya , the Philippines (as Manila Railroad 850 class),[ 1] Siam , Cambodia , Cameroun , Tanganyika ,[ 2] United Fruit Company operations in Costa Rica and Honduras .
Copies
Baldwin built 33 copies for the Indian Railways , Porter built two for the Chemins de Fer des Grands Lacs in the Belgian Congo , Vulcan built a batch of eight for the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways (SPAP) in Greece (class Δ ). Davenport built six with a higher boiler pressure for the Chemin de Fer Franco-Ethiopien de Djibouti á Addis-Ababa .
Survivors
Several S118 locomotives still exist:
No.
Builder
Post WW2 Owner
Current Owner
Location
Status
Image
Notes
190 Baldwin 69425
White Pass and Yukon Route Tweetsie Railroad Blowing Rock, North Carolina , United StatesOperational
Named "The Yukon Queen".
192 Baldwin 69427
White Pass and Yukon Route Dollywood Pigeon Forge , Tennessee , United StatesOperational
Named "Klondike Katie".
195 Baldwin 69430
White Pass and Yukon Route City of Skagway Skagway , Alaska , United StatesDisplayed
218 Baldwin 69453
Queensland Railways Zig Zag Railway Lithgow, New South Wales , AustraliaUnder overhaul
Named "The Yank"
221 Baldwin 69456
Queensland Railways Queensland Rail Ipswich, Queensland , AustraliaOperational
Mainline Certified
1798 Baldwin 74011
Northeast Frontier Railway New Jalpaiguri , IndiaOperational
Post war copy
Δ-101 Vulcan 4700
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Myloi , Greece Dumped
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7101
Δ-102 Vulcan 4701
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Myloi , Greece Dumped
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7102
Δ-103 Vulcan 4702
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Myloi , Greece Dumped
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7103
Δ-104 Vulcan 4703
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Kalamata , Greece Displayed
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7104
Δ-105 Vulcan 4704
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Kalamata , Greece Dumped
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7105
Δ-106 Vulcan 4705
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Tripolis , Greece Dumped
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7106
Δ-107 Vulcan 4706
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Myloi , Greece Dumped
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7107
Δ-108 Vulcan 4707
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways OSE Corinth , Greece Stored
Post-war copy, later SEK No. 7108
References
Durrant, A. E. (1972) [1966]. The Steam locomotives of Eastern Europe . Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8 Tourret, R. (1995). Allied Military Locomotives of the Second World War . Abingdon, Oxon: Tourret Publishing. pp. 190– 207. ISBN 0-905878-06-X Smith, J.D.H. "USATC steam locomotives" . Retrieved 2009-02-05 .
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