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The USRA was formed shortly after the out break of our involvement in Europe to get some order from the chaos that the railroads found themselves in, especially at the ports which were clogged with traffic of men and materials bound for France (Sort of makes you wonder where the French are now that we have a disaster in New Orleans, having bailed them out not once but twice in the last century, not to mention helping their "honor" by reestablishing their control of Vietnam by transporting their troops back there following WWII). One of the things that the USRA did was to try to properly balance power and car requirements and at the same time make the rail lococmotive and car building industry more productive by establishing USRA "designs" for equipment. This all happened after 1918 so except for there being no "standardized" equipment in 1917, it would have no effect on your modeling. <br />Will
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