KUR EA class

• Kenya-Uganda Railway EA class
• East African Railways 28 class

Portrait of EAR 2804

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Robert Stephenson and Company Serial number 3921–3926 Build date 1928 Total produced 6

Specifications Configuration 2-8-2 UIC class 1′D1' h2 Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ^3⁄8 in) Driver diameter 51 in (1,295 mm) Adhesive weight 69.5 long tons (70.6 t) Loco weight 09.7 long tons (9.9 t) Fuel type Oil → Coal → Oil Fuel capacity Oil: 2,375 imp gal (10,800 l; 2,852 US gal) Coal: 12 long tons (12 t) Water cap 5,000 imp gal (23,000 l; 6,000 US gal) Firebox:  • Firegrate area 40.5 sq ft (3.76 m^2) Boiler pressure 180 psi (1.24 MPa) Heating surface 2,310 sq ft (215 m^2)  • Tubes   1,401 sq ft (130.2 m^2) (2,107 sq ft (195.7 m^2))  • Firebox 180 sq ft (17 m^2) Superheater Inside  • Heating area 729 sq ft (67.7 m^2) (524 sq ft (48.7 m^2)) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 21 ^1⁄4 in × 28 in (540 mm × 711 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Loco brake Westinghouse type Train brakes Westinghouse type

Performance figures Tractive effort 37,938 lbf (168.76 kN)

Career Operators Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) → East African Railways (EAR) Class KUR: EA class EAR: 28 class Number in class 6 Numbers KUR: 1–6 EAR: 2801–2806 First run 1928 Disposition All scrapped

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The KUR EA class, later known as the EAR 28 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives. The six members of the class were built in 1928 for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) by Robert Stephenson and Company in Darlington, England, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).^[2]

Class list

The builder's and fleet numbers, and initial names (later removed),^[3] of each member of the class were as follows:^[4]

Builder's number KUR number EAR number Name Notes 3921 1 2801 Mvita 3922 2 2802 Shimanzi 3923 3 2803 Vanga 3924 4 2804 Kilifi 3925 5 2805 Lamu 3926 6 2806 Malindi

See also

• Rail transport in Kenya
• Rail transport in Uganda

References

Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 44, 46–48, 84, 86.
2. Ramaer 1974, pp. 46–48.
3. Staff writer 1955, p. 57.
4. Ramaer 1974, pp. 52, 88.

Bibliography

• 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 (April 1955). ""28" Class Locomotive" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine (East African Railways and Harbours) 2 (2): 57. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

External links

Media related to KUR EA class at Wikimedia Commons