| USATC S100 | |
|---|---|
| by Supersnel11 | |
| Price | 300 Robux |
| Gamepass | War Department Content Pack |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Shunter |
| Top Speed | 56 km/h |
| Weight | 46 tons |
| Capacity | 360 tons |
| Length | 9,0 meters |
The USATC S100 was a class of of US Ct (0-6-0T) shunting locomotive that was used by the United States Army in the Second World War.
Liveries
The USATC S100 is available in Oranje-Nassau mines black and USATC black.
Historical details
The US locomotives
The United States, much like the United Kingdom, designed locomotives to aid the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) in their war effort. They created a 1'D tender engine and a Ct shunting locomotive that fitted inside the smaller, British loading gauge. Both types were used by the United States in the Southern parts of the Netherlands after it was liberated, sometimes even by Dutch personnel.
Over 382 were built by Davenport Locomotive Works, H.K. Porter Inc, and Vulcan Iron Works during the war. These were shipped to the United Kingdom prior to the invasion of Normandie, others were shipped in parts and assembled in the UK.
Although some ended up on dump sites, many were sold to various industries in the years after 1945. For example, the Southern Railway in the UK bought 14 to use in the harbours of Southampton, which would become BR 30061-30074 after the formation of British Railways and the French SNCF bought 77, which became 030-TU-1 to 030-TU-77. Some countries would even create their own classes based on the S100 after the war to make up for its shortcomings. China, Yugoslavia and the United Kingdom produced the most of these copies.
To this day, over 100 S100s survive in preservation, as monument or derelict. Most are in Europe and North-America, though there are also two in China and one in Egypt.
The Dutch locomotives
Among the locomotives that ended up on a dump site were the USATC 1948 and 4389, which stood at a dump in Germany until they were bought by the Oranje-Nassau mine in Heerlen. They were renumbered to ON 27 and 26 respectively and were liked by the personnel there. ON 26 was put out of service in 1972 and given to the Dutch heritage railway Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele (SGB) which returned the engine to service after a revision in 1982. 10 years later the locomotive was painted to her old USATC livery and given an air brake to put her on passenger trains.
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After the invasion, they were used at large in the American occupation zones. Seven were used in the Netherlands, though only in the South of the province Limburg. After the war, they were sold to various industries. Two of these, USATC 1948 & 4389, were bought by the Oranje-Nassau coal mine in Heerlen from a dumpsite in Germany and set to work as ON 27 and 26 respectively. They were liked a lot by personnel and continued to work there until the mines closed down. ON 26 was withdrawn in 1972 and gifted to the Dutch heritage railway Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele (SGB). The SGB gave the locomotive a revision in 1982 and put it into service after that. In 1992, the locomotive was painted in its original livery and given an air pump so it could be put on passenger trains.
Technical details
The USATC S100 were originally equipped with: a steam-powered brake that worked only on the locomotive; two sand boxes on the boiler; Hulson-riddling grate; Lonergon-safety valves place on the steam dome and two Sellers-injectors.
The frame was a rod frame. The short wheelbase allowed the S100s to drive through curve radiuses as small as 46 metres. Some were build to stoke oil instead of coal and subsequently did not have the Hulson grate.
The first 50, USATC 1252-1301, had a larger firebox grate surface. All others had a grate that was 64 mm smaller which reduced the total surface area to 1,8 m². After these machines were put to work in the UK, some teething troubles became apparent. Various modifications were applied to the locomotives to remedy the troubles. Among those were that the steel cab floor was replaced with wood, a larger coal bunker and the cylinders received larger and upgraded valves. These modifications were applied in the factory to all S100s built in 1943 and onwards, including the two Dutch engines.
Trivia
- The S100 is the fastest shunter in the game currently.
- The S100 is one of three American locomotives in the game. (USATC S160, NS 2000)
- The S100 has been available since launch, version 0.1, in both liveries.
- Prior to version 0.4.29, the ONM livery was just a plain grey livery.