KUR ED1 class

Kenya-Uganda Railway ED1 class
Tanganyika Railway ST class
East African Railways 11 class

KUR 327 preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum, 2005

KUR 327 preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum, 2005
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Vulcan Foundry (27)
? (4)
Model VF: 3886–3891, 3917–3931, 4079–4080, 4490–4493
Build date 1926–1930
Total produced
  • KUR ED1 class: 27
  • TR ST class:4
Specifications
Configuration 2-6-2T
UIC class 1′C1′
Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Driver dia. 43 in (1.092 m)
Water cap 1,200 imp gal (5,500 l; 1,400 US gal)
Cylinder size 15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm)
Career
Operators
  • Uganda Railway
  • Kenya Uganda Railway
  • Tanganyika Railway
  • East African Railways
Numbers
  • UR/KUR: 310–336
  • TR: 103–104, ?, ?
  • EAR: 1101–1131

The KUR ED1 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge 2-6-2 T steam locomotives built for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). The 27 members of the ED1 class entered service on the KUR between 1926 and 1930. They were later operated by the TR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR), and reclassified as part of the EAR 11 class.[1]

In 1930, four similar locomotives were built for the Tanganyika Railway (TR) as the TR ST class. These locomotives differed from the ED1 class units only in being fitted with vacuum brake equipment instead of Westinghouse brakes and air compressor. They, too, were later operated by the EAR, and reclassified as part of the EAR's 11 class.[2]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 46.
  2. ↑ Ramaer 1974, p. 60.

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. 

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