EAR 58 class explained

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.

Class list

The numbers and build dates of each member of the class were as follows:

Builder's
number
BuiltKUR
number
EAR
number
Notes
72901949895801
72911949905802
72921949915803
72931949925804
72941949935805
72951949945806
72961949955807
7297194996*5808First member of class to enter service with EAR number.
7298194997*5809
7299194998*5810
7300194999*5811
73011949100*5812
73021949101*5813
73031949102*5814
73041949103*5815
73051949104*5816
73061949105*5817
73071949106*5818
  * KUR number allocated but not carried

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