KUR EC1 class

  • Kenya-Uganda Railway EC1 class
  • East African Railways 50/51 classes

Works photo of KUR EC1 no. 66

Works photo of KUR EC1 no. 66
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Serial number
  • 6429–6440, 6516–6523
  • 6637–6638
Build date 1927 (20), 1930 (2)
Total produced 22
Specifications
Configuration 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)
UIC class (2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4
Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Driver dia. 43 in (1,092 mm)
Adhesive weight 83.9 long tons (85.2 t)
Loco weight 130.9 long tons (133.0 t)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 6 long tons (6.1 t)
Water cap 5,250 imp gal (23,900 l; 6,300 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 43.6 sq ft (4.05 m2)
Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa)
Heating surface 2,417 sq ft (224.5 m2)
 • Tubes  
1,863 sq ft (173.1 m2)
 • Firebox 174 sq ft (16.2 m2)
Superheater:
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 • Type Inside
 • Heating area 380 sq ft (35 m2)
Cylinders 4 (Garratt)
Cylinder size 16 1⁄2 in × 22 in (419 mm × 559 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Loco brake Westinghouse type
Train brakes Westinghouse type
Performance figures
Tractive effort 40,255 lbf (179.06 kN)
Career
Operators
Class
  • KUR: EC1 class
  • EAR: 50/51 classes
Number in class 22
Numbers
  • KUR: 45–66
  • EAR: 5001–5018
  •           5101–5102
First run 1927
[1]

The KUR EC1 class, later known as the EAR 50 class and the EAR 51 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives.

The first twenty members of the class were built in 1927 by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service in 1928, and, with two exceptions, were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR), as its 50 class.[2]

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.[2]

Class list

The builder's numbers, build years, fleet numbers and names of each member of the EC1 class were as follows:[3][4]

Builder's
number		 Built KUR
number		 EAR
number		 Name Notes
6429 1928 45 5001
5430 1928 46 5002
6431 1928 47 5003 Toro
6432 1928 48 5004 Masai
6433 1928 49 5005 Nyanzi
6434 1928 50 5006 Meru
6435 1928 51 – Sold to Indo-China as no. 205
6436 1928 52 5007 Masaka
6437 1928 53 – Sold to Indo-China as no. 206
6438 1928 54 5008 Nandi
6439 1928 55 5009 Bunyoro
6440 1928 56 5010
6516 1928 57 5011 Kikuyu
6517 1928 58 5012 Ankole
6518 1928 59 5013
6519 1928 60 5014
6520 1928 61 5015
6521 1928 62 5016 Londiani
6522 1928 63 5017 Ukamba
6523 1928 64 5018 Machakos
6637 1930 65 5101 Laikipia
6638 1928 66 5102

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 48–49, 86.
  2. 1 2 Ramaer 1974, pp. 48–49.
  3. ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 88.
  4. ↑ Durrant 1981, p. 189.

Bibliography

  • Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0715376411. 
  • Durrant, A E; Lewis, C P; Jorgensen, A A (1981). Steam in Africa. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 0600349462. 
  • Patience, Kevin (1976). Steam in East Africa: a pictorial history of the railways in East Africa, 1893-1976. Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (E.A.) Ltd. OCLC 3781370. 
  • Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0715364375. 
  • Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö, Sweden: Stenvalls. ISBN 9789172661721. 

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