KUR EC4 class
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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 classification | (2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4 |
Gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Driver diameter | 45.5 in (1,156 mm) |
Weight on drivers | 112 long tons (114 t) |
Locomotive 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 capacity | 6,000 imp gal (27,000 l; 7,200 US gal) |
Boiler pressure | 180 psi (1.24 MPa) |
Firegrate area | 51.3 sq ft (4.77 m2) |
Heating surface: – Tubes |
2,310 sq ft (215 m2) |
– Firebox | 212 sq ft (19.7 m2) |
– Total | 2,992 sq ft (278.0 m2) |
Superheater type | Inside |
Superheater area | 470 sq ft (44 m2) |
Cylinders | 4 (Garratt) |
Cylinder size | 19 in × 24 in (483 mm × 610 mm) |
Valve gear | Walschaerts |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 58,260 lbf (259.15 kN) |
Locomotive brake | Westinghouse type |
Train brakes | Westinghouse type |
Career | |
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Number in class | 7 |
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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]
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See also
- Rail transport in Kenya
- Rail transport in Uganda
References
Notes
- ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 63–64, 70, 86, 88.
- ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 63–64.
- ↑ Ramaer 1974, pp. 63–64, 70.
- ↑ 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
Media related to KUR EC4 class at Wikimedia Commons
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