KUR EC4 class

• Kenya-Uganda Railway EC4 class
• East African Railways 54 class

EAR 5402 with a passenger train at Limuru, Kenya

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co. Serial number 7075–7081 Build date 1944 Total produced 7

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. 45.5 in (1,156 mm) Adhesive weight 112 long tons (114 t) Loco weight 171.5 long tons (174.3 t) Fuel type Oil Fuel capacity 2,375 imp gal (10,800 l; 2,852 US gal) Water cap 6,000 imp gal (27,000 l; 7,200 US gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 51.3 sq ft (4.77 m^2) Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.24 MPa) Heating surface 2,992 sq ft (278.0 m^2)  • Tubes   2,310 sq ft (215 m^2)  • Firebox 212 sq ft (19.7 m^2) Superheater: ​  • Type Inside  • Heating area 470 sq ft (44 m^2) Cylinders 4 (Garratt) Cylinder size 19 in × 24 in (483 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Loco brake Westinghouse type Train brakes Westinghouse type

Performance figures Tractive effort 58,260 lbf (259.15 kN)

Career Operators Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) → East African Railways (EAR) Class KUR: EC4 class EAR: 54 class Number in class 7 Numbers WD: 74418–74424 KUR: 89–95/100–106 EAR: 5401–5407 First run 1944 Disposition All scrapped

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The KUR EC4 class, later known as the EAR 54 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 developed under and for use in wartime conditions.

The seven members of the class were built during the latter stages of World War II by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the War Department of the United Kingdom and the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service on the KUR in 1944, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).^[2]

Class list

The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:^[3][4]

Builder's number WD number First KUR number Second KUR number EAR number Notes 7075 74418 89 100 5401 7076 74419 90 101 5402 Last member of the class to be withdrawn from service 7077 74420 91 102 5403 7078 74421 92 103 5404 7079 74422 93 104 5405 7080 74423 94 105 5406 7081 74424 95 106 5407

See also

• Rail transport in Kenya
• Rail transport in Uganda

References

Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 63–64, 70, 86, 88.
2. Ramaer 1974, pp. 63–64.
3. Ramaer 1974, pp. 63–64, 70.
4. Durrant 1981, p. 196.

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.
• Staff writer (June 1956). "The "54" Class Locomotives". East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. East African Railways and Harbours. 2 (9): 308. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

External links

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