Power type Steam Serial number 7280–7285 Total produced 6 | Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co. Build date 1949 Configuration 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt) | |
The EAR 56 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, in 1949. The six members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) immediately after World War II, and were a slightly modified version of the KUR's existing EC5 class.
By the time the new locomotives were built and entered service, the KUR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them for a very short time as its EC6 class, but then, as part of a comprehensive reclassification of all of its locomotives, redesignated them as its 56 class.
Class list
The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:
References
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