KUR EC2 class
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Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Builder | North British Locomotive Company |
Serial number | 24070–24079 |
Build date | 1931 |
Total produced | 10 |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt) |
UIC classification | (2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4 |
Gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Driver diameter | 43 in (1,092 mm) |
Weight on drivers | 88 long tons (89 t) |
Locomotive weight | 142.1 long tons (144.4 t) |
Fuel type | Oil |
Fuel capacity | 2,375 imp gal (10,800 l; 2,852 US gal) |
Water capacity | 5,250 imp gal (23,900 l; 6,300 US gal) |
Boiler pressure |
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Firegrate area | 43.6 sq ft (4.05 m2) |
Heating surface: – Tubes |
1,856 sq ft (172.4 m2) |
– Firebox | 194 sq ft (18.0 m2) |
– Total | 2,430 sq ft (226 m2) |
Superheater type | Inside |
Superheater area | 380 sq ft (35 m2) |
Cylinders | 4 (Garratt) |
Cylinder size | 16 1⁄2 in × 22 in (419 mm × 559 mm) |
Valve gear | Walschaerts |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 42,600 lbf (189.49 kN) |
Locomotive brake | Westinghouse type |
Train brakes | Westinghouse type |
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Number in class | 10 |
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The KUR EC2 class, later known as the EAR 52 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 ten members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). Unusually, they were built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, instead of Beyer, Peacock & Co., the builder of all the KUR's other Garratt locomotives. They entered service in 1931, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR), both in Kenya/Uganda and in Tanzania.[2]
Class list
The numbers, build dates and names of each member of the class were as follows:[3][4]
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See also
- History of rail transport in Tanzania
- Rail transport in Kenya
- Rail transport in Uganda
References
Notes
- ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 49–50, 52, 86.
- ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 49.
- ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 88.
- ↑ 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.
- Staff writer (June 1957). "The "52" Class Locomotives" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine (East African Railways and Harbours) 3 (2): 92. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
External links
Media related to Steam locomotives of Kenya at Wikimedia Commons
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