KUR EC5 class
{{Infobox locomotive
| name = {{ubl|Kenya-Uganda Railway EC5 class|Tanganyika Railway GB class|East African Railways 55 class}}
| powertype = Steam
| image = Locomotive 5505.jpg
| alt = 5505 at the Nairobi Railway Museum, 2012
| caption = 5505 at the Nairobi Railway Museum, 2012
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| builddate = 1945
| totalproduction = {{ubl|KUR EC5 class: 2|TR GB class: 4|EAR 55 class: 2+4+5}}
| whytetype = {{whyte|4-8-2+2-8-4}} (Garratt)
| uicclass = (2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1000mm|lk=on}}
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The KUR EC5 class was a class of {{Track gauge|1000mm|lk=on}} gauge {{Whyte|4-8-2+2-8-4}} Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built during the latter stages of World War II by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, for the War Department of the United Kingdom. The two members of the class entered service on the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1945. They were part of a batch of 20 locomotives, the rest of which were sent to either India or Burma.{{sfn|Ramaer|1974|p=64}}
File:Kenya Uganda Railway class EC5.jpg
The following year, 1946, four locomotives from that batch were acquired by the Tanganyika Railway (TR) from Burma. They entered service on the TR as the TR GB class.{{sfn|Ramaer|1974|p=64}}
In 1949, upon the merger of the KUR and the TR to form the East African Railways (EAR), the EC5 and GB classes were combined as the EAR 55 class. In 1952, the EAR acquired five more of the War Department batch of 20 from Burma, where they had been Burma Railways class GD; these five locomotives were then added to the EAR 55 class, bringing the total number of that class to 11 units.{{sfn|Ramaer|1974|p=64}}
Class list
The builders and fleet numbers of each member of the EAR 55 class were as follows:{{sfn|Ramaer|1974|pp=70, 83}}{{sfn|Durrant|1981|pp=189, 196}}
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" !Builders !WD !KUR !BAR !WD (India) !BR !TR !EAR !Notes |
| align=center|7158
|align=center|74242 |align=center|120 |align=center|– |align=center|– |align=center|– |align=center|– |align=center|5501 | |
| align=center|7159
|align=center|74243 |align=center|121 |align=center|– |align=center|– |align=center|– |align=center|– |align=center|5502 | |
| align=center|7150
|align=center|74234 |align=center|– |align=center|690 |align=center|422 |align=center|851 |align=center|750 |align=center|5503 | |
| align=center|7151
|align=center|74235 |align=center|– |align=center|691 |align=center|423 |align=center|852 |align=center|751 |align=center|5504 | |
| align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|7157
|align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|74241 |align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|– |align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|697 |align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|– |align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|853 |align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|752 |align=center style="background:#87cefa;"|5505 |style="background:#87cefa;"|Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum. |
| align=center|7146
|align=center|74230 |align=center|– |align=center|686 |align=center|– |align=center|854 |align=center|753 |align=center|5506 | |
| align=center|7155
|align=center|74231 |align=center|– |align=center|687 |align=center|– |align=center|855/865 |align=center|– |align=center|5507 | |
| align=center|7154
|align=center|74232 |align=center|– |align=center|688 |align=center|– |align=center|856/866 |align=center|– |align=center|5508 | |
| align=center|7149
|align=center|74233 |align=center|– |align=center|689 |align=center|– |align=center|857/867 |align=center|– |align=center|5509 | |
| align=center|71??
|align=center|74238 |align=center|– |align=center|694 |align=center|– |align=center|858/868 |align=center|– |align=center|5510 | |
| align=center|7148
|align=center|74239 |align=center|– |align=center|695 |align=center|– |align=center|859/869 |align=center|– |align=center|5511 | |
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See also
{{portal|Trains|Kenya|Tanzania|Uganda}}
References
=Notes=
{{reflist}}
=Bibliography=
{{refbegin}}
- {{Durrant-Garratt-Rev}}
- {{Durrant-SteamAfrica}}
- {{Patience-SteamEA}}
- {{Ramaer-SteamLocosEAR}}
- {{Ramaer-Gari la Moshi}}
{{refend}}
External links
{{commonscat-inline|EAR 55 class}}
{{EAR locomotives|state=collapsed}}
Category:Beyer, Peacock locomotives
Category:East African Railways locomotives
Category:Kenya-Uganda Railway locomotives
Category:Metre-gauge steam locomotives
Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1945
Category:Steam locomotives of Kenya
Category:Steam locomotives of Tanzania
Category:Steam locomotives of Uganda