EAR 13 class

East African Railways 13 class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder North British Locomotive Company
Serial number 27060–27077
Build date 1952
Total produced 18
Specifications
Configuration
Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)

The EAR 13 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2 T steam locomotives built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, for the East African Railways (EAR).[1]

The 18 members of the class were built in 1952 and entered service in 1953. They were later converted into 4-8-4 Ts, because of a tendency to de-rail when operating in reverse, using bogies (trucks) salvaged from EAR 50 class Garratt-type locomotives, which were then in the process of being withdrawn from service.[1]

Class member 1315 was for many years an exhibit in the Nairobi Railway Museum. However, in the late 1990's the locomotive was removed by Kenya Railways and broken up for scrap after the boiler was re-purposed for use in the main railway works.

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ramaer 1974, p. 78.

Bibliography

  • Durrant, A E; Lewis, C P; Jorgensen, A A (1981). Steam in Africa. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 0600349462. 
  • 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. 
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