Number in class | 6 |
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Numbers | - EC6 class: 122–127
- 56 class: 5601–5606
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First run | 1949 |
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Disposition | All scrapped |
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The EAR 56 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 built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, in 1949. The six members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) immediately after World War II, and were a slightly modified version of the KUR's existing EC5 class.
By the time the new locomotives were built and entered service, the KUR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them for a very short time as its EC6 class, but then, as part of a comprehensive reclassification of all of its locomotives, redesignated them as its 56 class.
Class list
The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:
Builder's number | EC6 class number | 56 class number | Notes | 7280 | 122 | 5601 | | 7281 | 123 | 5602 | | 7282 | 124 | 5603 | | 7283 | 125 | 5604 | | 7284 | 126 | 5605 | | 7285 | 127 | 5606 | | |
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References
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Bibliography
- Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: 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 (August 1958). ""56" Class Garratt Locomotive" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 3 (10). East African Railways and Harbours: 344. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
External links
Media related to EAR 56 class at Wikimedia Commons
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