KUR EC class

Kenya-Uganda Railway EC class

Works photo of KUR EC no. 41

Works photo of KUR EC no. 41
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Serial number 6300–6303
Build date 1926
Total produced 4
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 79.4 long tons (80.7 t)
Loco weight 125.4 long tons (127.4 t)
Fuel type
  • Eucalyptus wood
  • → Coal
Fuel capacity 6 long tons (6.1 t)
Water cap 4,250 imp gal (19,300 l; 5,100 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 16.5 in × 22 in (419 mm × 559 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Loco brake Westinghouse type
Train brakes Westinghouse type
Performance figures
Tractive effort 40,252 lbf (179.05 kN)
Career
Operators
Class KUR: EC class
Number in class 4
Numbers
  • KUR: 41–44
  • Indo-China: 201–204
First run 1926
Withdrawn
  • KUR: August 1939
  • Indo-China: not known
Disposition Not known
[1]

The KUR EC 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 four members of the class, built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, were the first Garratts to be ordered and acquired by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR).[2] They entered service in 1926, and, after a relatively short but successful career with the KUR, were sold and exported to Indo-China in August 1939.[3]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 45–46, 86.
  2. ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 45.
  3. ↑ Durrant 1981, p. 177.

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. 
  • 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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