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EAR 29 class

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Power type
  
Steam

Total produced
  
31

Build date
  
1951-52, 1955

Configuration
  
2-8-2

Builder
  
North British Locomotive Company

Serial number
  
26905–26920 27085–27088 27436–27446

The EAR 29 class was a class of oil-burning 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives based upon the Nigerian Railways River class. The 31 members of the 29 class were built for the East African Railways (EAR) in two batches, of 20 and 11 locomotives respectively, by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland.

Class list

The numbers, build years and names of each member of the class were as follows:

References

EAR 29 class Wikipedia