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Kenya-Uganda Railway EC3 class East African Railways 57 class Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co. Serial number 6905–6910, 6970–6975 Build date 1939, 1940 Total produced 12
Career Operators Class KUR: EC3 class EAR: 57 class Number in class 12 Numbers First run 1939 Withdrawn 1967 Preserved KUR 87 (EAR 5711) Disposition 11 scrapped, one preserved
The KUR EC3 class , later known as the EAR 57 class , was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in ) gauge 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt -type articulated steam locomotives . The twelve members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester , England, for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service between 1939 and 1941, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).
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The numbers, build dates and names of each member of the class were as follows:
KUR 87 Karamoja at Nairobi Railway Museum , 2012
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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 (21 July 1939). "4-8-4t+4-8-4 Metre-Gauge Beyer-Garratt locomotives for the Kenya & Uganda Railways" (PDF) . The Railway Gazette . ISSN 0373-5346 .
Staff writer (February 1955). " "57" Class Locomotives" (PDF) . East African Railways and Harbours Magazine . 2 (1). East African Railways and Harbours : 22. Retrieved 8 December 2014 .
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Media related to KUR EC3 class at Wikimedia Commons