USATC S118 Class

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The United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) S118 Class is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotive. Built to various narrow gauges, they were used in at least 24 different countries across the World.

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 USA.

The first eleven, nos 190-200, were delivered to the White Pass and Yukon Route in Alaska. Nos 216-235 were delivered to Queensland where they formed the Queensland Railways AC16 Class. More were sent to the Empire of India and elsewhere.

[edit] Survivors

Several S118 locomotives still exist:

No.	Builder	Post WW2 Owner	Current Owner	Location	Status	Notes
190	Baldwin 69425	White Pass and Yukon Route	Tweetsie Railroad	Boone, North Carolina, USA	Operational	Named "The Yukon Queen".
192	Baldwin 69427	White Pass and Yukon Route	Dollywood	Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA	Operational	Named "Klondike Katie".
195	Baldwin 69430	White Pass and Yukon Route	City of Skagway	Skagway, Alaska, USA	Displayed
218	Baldwin	Queensland Railways	Zig Zag Railway	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia	Displayed
221A	Baldwin	Queensland Railways	Queensland Rail	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	Operational
1798	Baldwin	Northeast Frontier Railway		New Delhi, India
4703	Vulcan	SPAP	OSE	Kalamata, Greece	Displayed
4707	Vulcan	SPAP	OSE	Corinth, Greece	Stored	7108

[edit] External links

• http://www.qrig.org/motive-power/steam/ac16-class/