Illinois Central 4-8-2 2350

Illinois Central 4-8-2 2350

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

Author: Adam Gase

Illinois Central 4-8-2 2350
• config.txt 9.80KB
• readme.txt 2.52KB
sound
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dynamo.wav 41.75KB
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• stack.tfx 532 bytes
• steamlococabindata.gs 10.36KB
• steamlocomotive0905.gs 7.54KB
usra_lmount_art
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usra_lmount_art_512.texture.txt 85 bytes
usra_lmount_art_icon.texture.txt 87 bytes
usra_lmount_body
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cabebt.tga 48.04KB
chain-chain_a.texture.txt 47 bytes
chain.tga 4.04KB
chain_a.bmp 3.05KB
copy of number.tga 256.04KB
copy of usra482.tga 4.00MB
ebtdriver.texture.txt 32 bytes
ebtdriver.tga 192.04KB
ebtdriver2.texture.txt 33 bytes
ebtdriver2.tga 192.04KB
env_metal.bmp 12.05KB
env_metal.texture.txt 32 bytes
glass.texture.txt 28 bytes
glass.tga 48.04KB
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number 2901.tga 192.02KB
number.texture.txt 47 bytes
number.tga 192.02KB
shadow1.texture.txt 49 bytes
shadow1.tga 64.04KB
usra482.texture.txt 30 bytes
usra482.tga 3.00MB
usra_lmount_body.lm.txt 252 bytes