EAR 29 class explained
| East African Railways 29 class |
| Powertype: | Steam |
| Builder: | North British Locomotive Company |
| Builddate: | 1951-52, 1955 |
| Totalproduction: | 31 |
| Uicclass: | 1′D1' h2 |
| Driverdiameter: | 480NaN0 |
| Fueltype: | Oil |
| Fuelcap: | 2056impgal |
| Watercap: | 4800impgal |
| Boilerpressure: | 2002NaN2 |
| Firearea: | 38sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3 |
| Tubearea: | 1680square feet |
| Fireboxarea: | 146square feet |
| Totalsurface: | 2272square feet |
| Superheatertype: | Inside |
| Superheaterarea: | 446square feet |
| Cylindercount: | 2 |
| Cylindersize: | 18x |
| Valvegear: | Walschaerts |
| Tractiveeffort: | 298352NaN2 |
| Locobrakes: | Westinghouse type |
| Trainbrakes: | Westinghouse type |
| Operator: | East African Railways |
| Operatorclass: | 29 class |
| Numinclass: | 31 |
| Fleetnumbers: | 2901–2931 |
| Deliverydate: | 1951–52, 1955 |
| Firstrundate: | 1951 |
The EAR 29 class was a class of oil-burning gauge steam locomotives based upon the Nigerian Railways River class. Thirty-one were built for the East African Railways (EAR), in two batches, of 20 and 11, respectively, by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. They were built to be gauge convertible to gauge.[1]
Class list
The numbers, build years and names of each member of the class were as follows:
Builders
number | Built | EAR
number | Name | Notes |
|---|
| 26905 | 1951 | 2901 | Boran | | | 26906 | 1951 | 2902 | Bukusu | | | 26907 | 1952 | 2903 | Bunyore | | | 26908 | 1952 | 2904 | Chuka | | | 26909 | 1952 | 2905 | Digo | | | 26910 | 1952 | 2906 | Dorobo | | | 26911 | 1952 | 2907 | Duruma | | | 26912 | 1952 | 2908 | Elgeyo | | | 26913 | 1952 | 2909 | Embu | | | 26914 | 1952 | 2910 | Galla | | | 26915 | 1952 | 2911 | Giryama | | | 26916 | 1952 | 2912 | Kakamega | | | 26917 | 1952 | 2913 | Kamasia | Later renamed Tuken (a different name for the same ethnic group) | | 26918 | 1952 | 2914 | Kamba | | | 26919 | 1952 | 2915 | Kikuyu | | | 26920 | 1952 | 2916 | Kipsigis | | | 27085 | 1952 | 2917 | Kisii | | | 27086 | 1952 | 2918 | Luo | | | 27087 | 1952 | 2919 | Maragoli | | | 27088 | 1952 | 2920 | Marakwet | | | align=center style="background:#87cefa;" | 27436 | align=center style="background:#87cefa;" | 1955 | align=center style="background:#87cefa;" | 2921 | Masai of Kenya | Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum as a static exhibit | | 27437 | 1955 | 2922 | Meru of Kenya | | | 27438 | 1955 | 2923 | Magodo | | | 27439 | 1955 | 2924 | Nandi | | | 27440 | 1955 | 2925 | Nyika | | | 27441 | 1955 | 2926 | Samburu | | | align=center style="background:#87cefa;" | 27442 | align=center style="background:#87cefa;" | 1955 | align=center style="background:#87cefa;" | 2927 | Suk | Preserved in Dar es Salaam[2] [3] | | 27443 | 1955 | 2928 | Taveta | | | 27444 | 1955 | 2929 | Teita | | | 27445 | 1955 | 2930 | Tiriki | | | 27446 | 1955 | 2931 | Turkana | | |
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See also
References
Bibliography
- Staff writer. "29" Class Locomotives. Staff Magazine. June 1952. 1. 1. East African Railways and Harbours. 8 December 2014. 8 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208171338/http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0202.pdf. dead.
- Staff writer. "29" Class Locomotives. East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. December 1954. 1. 11. 14. East African Railways and Harbours. 8 December 2014.
Notes and References
- Locomotives for East Africa Railway Gazette 15 February 1952 pages 185/186
- News: Dickinson. Daniel. Tanzanian privatisation steams ahead. BBC News Online. BBC News. 4 December 2014. 21 October 2002.
- Web site: Bailey. Douglas C.. East African Railways No. 2927. www.steamlocomotive.info. 4 December 2014.
