KUR EC1 class explained

Powertype:Steam
Builder:Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Builddate:1927 (20), 1930 (2)
Totalproduction:22
Whytetype: (Garratt)
Uicclass:(2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4
Driverdiameter:430NaN0
Fueltype:Coal
Watercap:5250impgal
Boilerpressure:1702NaN2
Firearea:43.6sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Tubearea: 
1863square feet
Fireboxarea:174square feet
Totalsurface:2417square feet
Superheatertype:Inside
Superheaterarea:380square feet
Cylindercount:4 (Garratt)
Cylindersize:NaNx
Valvegear:Walschaerts
Tractiveeffort:402552NaN2
Locobrakes:Westinghouse type
Trainbrakes:Westinghouse type
Numinclass:22
Firstrundate:1927

The KUR EC1 class, later known as the EAR 50 class and the EAR 51 class, was a class of gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives operated by Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) and the East African Railways (EAR).

Service history

The first twenty members of the class were built in 1927 by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the KUR. They entered service in 1928, and, with two exceptions, were later operated by the KUR's successor, the EAR, as its 50 class.

The remaining two members of the EC1 class were built and entered service in 1930, and were different in some respects. They later became the EAR's 51 class.

All of the former EC1 class members were withdrawn from service in the 1950s. Most of their leading bogies (trucks) were salvaged for use in converting EAR 13 class locomotives from s to s, to address the 13 class's initial tendency to de-rail when operating in reverse.

Class list

The builder's numbers, build years, fleet numbers and names of each member of the EC1 class were as follows:

Builder's
number
BuiltKUR
number
EAR
number
NameNotes
64291928455001
54301928465002
64311928475003Toro
64321928485004Masai
64331928495005Nyanzi
64341928505006Meru
6435192851Sold to Indo-China as no. 205
64361928525007Masaka
6437192853Sold to Indo-China as no. 206
64381928545008Nandi
64391928555009Bunyoro
64401928565010
65161928575011Kikuyu
65171928585012Ankole
65181928595013
65191928605014
65201928615015
65211928625016Londiani
65221928635017Ukamba
65231928645018Machakos
66371930655101Laikipia
66381930665102

See also