KUR EC2 class explained

Powertype:Steam
Builder:North British Locomotive Company
Serialnumber:24070–24079
Builddate:1931
Totalproduction:10
Whytetype: (Garratt)
Uicclass:(2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4
Driverdiameter:430NaN0
Fueltype:Oil
Fuelcap:2375impgal
Watercap:5250impgal
Firearea:43.6sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Tubearea: 
1856square feet
Fireboxarea:194square feet
Totalsurface:2430square feet
Superheatertype:Inside
Superheaterarea:380square feet
Cylindercount:4 (Garratt)
Cylindersize:NaNx
Valvegear:Walschaerts
Tractiveeffort:426002NaN2
Locobrakes:Westinghouse type
Trainbrakes:Westinghouse type
Numinclass:10

The KUR EC2 class, later known as the EAR 52 class, was a class of gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives operated by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) and the East African Railways (EAR).

Production

The ten members of the class were ordered by the KUR. Unusually, they were built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, instead of Beyer, Peacock & Co., the builder of all the KUR's other Garratt locomotives.

Service history

The whole class entered service in 1931, and its members were later operated by the KUR's successor, the EAR, both in Kenya/Uganda and in Tanzania.

Class list

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

Builder's
number
KUR
number
EAR
number
NameNotes
24070675201Busoga
24071685202Kavirondo
24072695203Mubendi
24073705204Turkana
24074715205Nyeri
24075725206Kiambu
24076735207Nzoia
24077745208Isiolo
24078755209Nakuru
24079765210Entebbe

See also

References

Bibliography