East African Railways 58 class | |
Powertype: | Steam |
Builder: | Beyer, Peacock & Co. |
Serialnumber: | 7290–7307 |
Builddate: | 1949 |
Totalproduction: | 18 |
Whytetype: | Garratt |
Uicclass: | (2′D2′)(2′D2′) h4 |
Driverdiameter: | 540NaN0 |
Width: | 114inches |
Fueltype: | Oil |
Fuelcap: | 2375impgal |
Watercap: | 6000impgal |
Boilerpressure: | 2252NaN2 |
Firearea: | 48.5sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3 |
Tubearea: | 1963square feet |
Fireboxarea: | 169square feet |
Totalsurface: | 2561square feet |
Superheatertype: | Inside |
Superheaterarea: | 429square feet |
Cylindercount: | 4 |
Cylindersize: | 16.5x |
Valvegear: | Walschaerts |
Valvetype: | Trunk type |
Valvetravel: | 5inches |
Tractiveeffort: | 502002NaN2 |
Locobrakes: | Westinghouse type |
Trainbrakes: | Westinghouse type |
Safety: | 3 Ross muffled pop valves |
Operator: | East African Railways (EAR) |
Operatorclass: | 58 class |
Numinclass: | 18 |
Fleetnumbers: | 5801–5818 |
Firstrundate: | 1949 |
Disposition: | All scrapped |
The EAR 58 class was a class of gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, in 1949.
The eighteen members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) immediately after World War II, and were a slightly modified, oil-burning version of the KUR's existing coal-fired EC3 class. By the time the new locomotives were built and entered service, the KUR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated the coal-fired EC3s as its 57 class, and the new, oil-burning EC3s as its 58 class.
The numbers and build dates of each member of the class were as follows:
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