KUR EA class

Class of 6 East African 2-8-2 locomotives

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: • Grate area40.5 sq ft (3.76 m²)Boiler pressure180 psi (1.24 MPa)Heating surface: • Firebox180 sq ft (17 m²) • Tubes

1,401 sq ft (130.2 m²)
(2,107 sq ft (195.7 m²))

• Total surface2,310 sq ft (215 m²)Superheater:
• TypeInside • Heating area

729 sq ft (67.7 m²)
(524 sq ft (48.7 m²))

Cylinders2Cylinder size21+1⁄4 in × 28 in (540 mm × 711 mm)Valve gearWalschaertsLoco brakeWestinghouse typeTrain brakesWestinghouse 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
3921	1	2801	Mvita
3922	2	2802	Shimanzi
3923	3	2803	Vanga
3924	4	2804	Kilifi
3925	5	2805	Lamu
3926	6	2806	Malindi

References

Notes

^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 44, 46–48, 84, 86.
^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 46–48.
^ Staff writer 1955, p. 57.
^ 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, 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 (April 1955). ""28" Class Locomotive" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 2 (2). East African Railways and Harbours: 57. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

External links

Media related to KUR EA class at Wikimedia Commons

Locomotives of the East African Railways (EAR) and its predecessors and successors

Uganda / Kenya-Uganda Railway

Tank	ED1 MS (EE)
Tender	EA G (GA, EB) GB (EB1) GC (EB2) GD (EB3)
Garratt	EC EC1 EC2 EC3 EC4 EC5 EC6

Tanganyika Railway

Tank	GSL ST
Tender	BB DL G MK ML MR NZ RV
Garratt	GA GB

East African Railways

Tank	10 11 12 13
Tender	20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Garratt	50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Diesel shunting/goods	32 (ex-80) 33 (ex-81) 34 (ex-82) 35 43 (ex-83) 44 (ex-84) 45 (ex-85) 46 (ex-86)
Diesel mainline	61 71 (ex-91) 72 79 87 (ex-90) 88 92