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Kenya-Uganda Railway EC1 class East African Railways 50/51 classes
East African Railways publicity photograph of no. 5017, c. 1953
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co. Serial number 6429–6440, 6516–6523 6637–6638 Build date 1927 (20), 1930 (2) Total produced 22
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)  • UIC (2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4 Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Driver dia. 43 in (1,092 mm) Adhesive weight 83.9 long tons (85.2 t) Loco weight 130.9 long tons (133.0 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 6 long tons (6.1 t) Water cap. 5,250 imp gal (23,900 L; 6,300 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 43.6 sq ft (4.05 m) Boiler pressure 170 psi (1.17 MPa) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 174 sq ft (16.2 m)  • Tubes   1,863 sq ft (173.1 m)  • Total surface 2,417 sq ft (224.5 m) Superheater: ​  • Type Inside  • Heating area 380 sq ft (35 m) Cylinders 4 (Garratt) Cylinder size 16+1⁄2 in × 22 in (419 mm × 559 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Loco brake Westinghouse type Train brakes Westinghouse type
Performance figures Tractive effort 40,255 lbf (179.06 kN)
Career Operators Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) → East African Railways (EAR) Class KUR: EC1 class EAR: 50/51 classes Number in class 22 Numbers KUR: 45–66 EAR: 5001–5018           5101–5102 First run 1927

The KUR EC1 class, later known as the EAR 50 class and the EAR 51 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 operated by Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) and the East African Railways (EAR).

Service history

The first twenty members of the class were built in 1927 by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the KUR. They entered service in 1928, and, with two exceptions, were later operated by the KUR's successor, the EAR, as its 50 class.

The remaining two members of the EC1 class were built and entered service in 1930, and were different in some respects. They later became the EAR's 51 class.

All of the former EC1 class members were withdrawn from service in the 1950s. Most of their leading bogies (trucks) were salvaged for use in converting EAR 13 class locomotives from 4-8-2Ts to 4-8-4Ts, to address the 13 class's initial tendency to de-rail when operating in reverse.

Class list

The builder's numbers, build years, fleet numbers and names of each member of the EC1 class were as follows:

See also

• Rail transport in Kenya
• Rail transport in Uganda

References

Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 48–49, 86.
2. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 48–49.
3. Ramaer 1974, p. 78.
4. Patience 1996, p. 33.
5. Ramaer 1974, p. 88.
6. Durrant 1981, p. 189.

Bibliography

• Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, England: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7641-1. OCLC 9326294.
• Durrant, A E; Lewis, C P; Jorgensen, A A (1981). Steam in Africa. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 978-0-600-34946-4. OCLC 9014344. OL 15088099M. Wikidata Q111363476.
• 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, Wikidata Q111363477
• Patience, Kevin (1996). Steam Twilight: The last years of steam on Kenya Railways. Bahrain: Kevin Patience. OCLC 37615720.
• Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, North Pomfret: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-6437-6. OCLC 832692810. OL 5110018M. Wikidata Q111363478.
• Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö: Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-172-1. OCLC 502034710. Wikidata Q111363479.

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