EAR 27 class

East African Railways 27 class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder
Model USATC S118 Class
Build date 1944 (16), 1953 (1)
Total produced 17
Specifications
Configuration 2-8-2
UIC classification 1′D1' h2
Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Leading wheel
diameter		 26 in (660 mm)
Driver diameter 48 in (1,219 mm)
Weight on drivers 35.7 long tons (36.3 t)
Locomotive weight 52.0 long tons (52.8 t)
Fuel type Wood → Oil
Fuel capacity 1,350 imp gal (6,100 l; 1,620 US gal)
Water capacity 4,166 imp gal (18,940 l; 5,003 US gal)
Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.24 MPa)
Firegrate area 27.8 sq ft (2.58 m2)
Heating surface:
– Tubes		  
1,247 sq ft (115.9 m2)
– Firebox 115 sq ft (10.7 m2)
– Total 1,736 sq ft (161.3 m2)
Superheater area 374 sq ft (34.7 m2)
Cylinders 2, outside
Cylinder size 16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear Indirect Walschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort 19,550 lbf (86.96 kN)
Career
Operator(s)
  • Tanganyika Railway (TR)
  • → East African Railways (EAR)
Class
  • TR: MR class
  • EAR: 27 class
Number in class 17
Number(s)
  • TR: 800–805
  • EAR: 2701–2717
Delivered 1929
[1]

The EAR 27 class was a sub-class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-2 USATC S118 Class steam locomotives. The first eight members of the class were built in 1944, and were acquired second hand by the Tanganyika Railway (TR) from the Malayan Railways in 1949. By the time these eight locomotives entered service on the Central Line in Tanganyika in 1949, the TR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them for a very short time as its MR class, but then, as part of a comprehensive reclassification of all of its locomotives, redesignated them as its 27 class.[2]

In 1950, the EAR acquired eight further 27 class locomotives from the Malayan Railways, and in 1953 another 27 class locomotive was built in the EAR's Dar-es-Salaam Workshops, using spare parts acquired from the Nigerian Railways. The 27 class therefore eventually reached a total of 17 locomotives.[3][4]

Class list

The builders, build year and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:[5]

Builders Built TR
number		 EAR
number		 Notes
Alco 1944 800 2701
Alco 1944 801 2702
Alco 1944 802 2703
Baldwin 1944 803 2704
Baldwin 1944 804 2705
Baldwin 1944 805 2706
Davenport 1944 806 2707
Davenport 1944 807 2708
Davenport 1944 – 2709
Davenport 1944 – 2710
Baldwin 1944 – 2711
Baldwin 1944 – 2712
Baldwin 1944 – 2713
Baldwin 1944 – 2714
Baldwin 1944 – 2715
Alco 1944 – 2716
East African Railways 1953 – 2717 Built in the Dar-es-Salaam Workshops, using spare parts acquired from the Nigerian Railways

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 67–70, 83, 84, 87.
  2. ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 66.
  3. ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 71.
  4. ↑ Staff writer 1958, p. 380.
  5. ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 70, 82–83.

Bibliography

  • 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 (October 1958). ""27 Class" 2-8-2 Locomotives" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine (East African Railways and Harbours) 3 (11): 380. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

External links

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