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Kenya-Uganda Railway EC3 class East African Railways 57 class
No. 5712 Kigezi with a freight train at Mombasa, Kenya, in 1969
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Beyer, Peacock & Co. K.C. Strahan H.B. Stoyle Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co. Serial number 6905–6910, 6970–6975 Build date 1939, 1940 Total produced 12
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-8-4+4-8-4 (Garratt)  • UIC (2′D2′)(2′D2′) h4 Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Driver dia. 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) Width 9 ft 6 in (2,900 mm) Height 12 ft 5.5 in (3.797 m) Adhesive weight 97 long tons (99 t) Loco weight 186.2 long tons (189.2 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 12 long tons (12 t) Water cap. 6,000 imp gal (27,000 L; 7,200 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 48.5 sq ft (4.51 m) Boiler pressure 220 psi (1.52 MPa) (225 psi (1.55 MPa)) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 169 sq ft (15.7 m)  • Tubes   1,963 sq ft (182.4 m)  • Total surface 2,561 sq ft (237.9 m) Superheater: ​  • Type Inside  • Heating area 429 sq ft (39.9 m) Cylinders 4 (Garratt) Cylinder size 16 in × 26 in (406 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Valve type Trunk type Valve travel 5 in (130 mm) Loco brake Westinghouse type Train brakes Westinghouse type Safety systems 3 Ross muffled pop valves
Performance figures Tractive effort 47,200 lbf (209.96 kN)
Career Operators Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) → East African Railways (EAR) Class KUR: EC3 class EAR: 57 class Number in class 12 Numbers KUR: 77–88 EAR: 5701–5712 First run 1939 Withdrawn 1967 Preserved KUR 87 (EAR 5711) Disposition One preserved, remainder scrapped

The KUR EC3 class, later known as the EAR 57 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives. The twelve members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service between 1939 and 1941, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).

Class list

The numbers, build dates and names of each member of the class were as follows:

See also

• Rail transport in Kenya
• Rail transport in Uganda

References

Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 50–52.
2. 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
• 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.
• Staff writer (21 July 1939). "4-8-4t+4-8-4 Metre-Gauge Beyer-Garratt locomotives for the Kenya & Uganda Railways" (PDF). The Railway Gazette. ISSN 0373-5346.
• Staff writer (February 1955). ""57" Class Locomotives" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 2 (1). East African Railways and Harbours: 22. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

External links

Media related to KUR EC3 class at Wikimedia Commons

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