KUR EC class

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]

Kenya-Uganda Railway EC class
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: ​  • Whyte 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)  • UIC (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 m^2) Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa) Heating surface 2,417 sq ft (224.5 m^2)  • Tubes   1,863 sq ft (173.1 m^2)  • Firebox 174 sq ft (16.2 m^2) Superheater: ​  • Type Inside  • Heating area 380 sq ft (35 m^2) 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 Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) → Indo-China Class KUR: EC class Number in class 4 Numbers KUR: 41–44 Indo-China: 201–204 First run 1926 Withdrawn KUR: August 1939 Indo-China: not known Disposition Not known
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See also

• Rail transport in Kenya
• Rail transport in Uganda

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.

External links

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