The EAR 27 class, previously known as the EAR MR class, was a sub-class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-2 USATC S118 Class steam locomotives operated by the East African Railways (EAR), and, with one exception, previously by the Malayan Railways.
Service history
The first eight members of the class were built in 1944, and were acquired second hand by the Tanganyika Railway (TR) from the Malayan Railways in 1949. Those locomotives entered service on the Central Line in Tanganyika in 1949. By that time, the TR had been succeeded by the EAR, which designated them for a very short time as its MR class, but then, as part of a comprehensive reclassification of all of its locomotives, redesignated and renumbered them as its 27 class.[2]
In 1950, the EAR acquired eight further 27 class locomotives from the Malayan Railways, and in 1953 another 27 class locomotive was built in the EAR's Dar es Salaam Workshops, using spare parts acquired from the Nigerian Railways. The 27 class therefore eventually reached a total of 17 locomotives.[3][4]
Class list
The builders, build year and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:[5]
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See also
References
Notes
- ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 67–70, 83, 84, 87.
- ^ Ramaer 1974, p. 66.
- ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 71.
- ^ Staff writer 1958, p. 380.
- ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 70, 82–83.
Bibliography
- 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 (October 1958). ""27 Class" 2-8-2 Locomotives" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 3 (11). East African Railways and Harbours: 380. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
External links
Media related to EAR 27 class at Wikimedia Commons
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