| 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]
The numbers, build years and names of each member of the class were as follows:
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