EAR 29 class

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	North British Locomotive Company
Serial number	26905–26920; 27085–27088; 27436–27446;
Build date	1951-52, 1955
Total produced	31

East African Railways 29 class
East African Railways 29 class
	No. 2904 at Moshi depot, Tanzania, in 1968
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	North British Locomotive Company
Serial number	26905–26920; 27085–27088; 27436–27446;
Build date	1951-52, 1955
Total produced	31
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-2
• UIC	1′D1' h2
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Driver dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Adhesive weight	52 long tons (53 t)
Loco weight	73.8 long tons (75.0 t)
Fuel type	Oil
Fuel capacity	2,056 imp gal (9,350 L; 2,469 US gal)
Water cap.	4,800 imp gal (22,000 L; 5,800 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	38 sq ft (3.53 m2)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	146 sq ft (13.6 m2)
• Tubes	1,680 sq ft (156 m2)
• Total surface	2,272 sq ft (211.1 m2)
Superheater:;
• Type	Inside
• Heating area	446 sq ft (41.4 m2)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Loco brake	Westinghouse type
Train brakes	Westinghouse type
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	29,835 lbf (132.71 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	East African Railways
Class	29 class
Number in class	31
Numbers	2901–2931
Delivered	1951–52, 1955
First run	1951

The EAR 29 class was a class of oil-burning 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives based upon the Nigerian Railways River class. Thirty-one were built for the East African Railways (EAR), in two batches, of 20 and 11, respectively, by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland.^[2] They were built to be gauge convertible to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge.^[3]

Class list

The numbers, build years and names of each member of the class were as follows:^[4]

Builders number	Built	EAR number	Name	Notes
26905	1951	2901	Boran
26906	1951	2902	Bukusu
26907	1952	2903	Bunyore
26908	1952	2904	Chuka
26909	1952	2905	Digo
26910	1952	2906	Dorobo
26911	1952	2907	Duruma
26912	1952	2908	Elgeyo
26913	1952	2909	Embu
26914	1952	2910	Galla
26915	1952	2911	Giryama
26916	1952	2912	Kakamega
26917	1952	2913	Kamasia	Later renamed Tuken (a different name for the same ethnic group)
26918	1952	2914	Kamba
26919	1952	2915	Kikuyu
26920	1952	2916	Kipsigis
27085	1952	2917	Kisii
27086	1952	2918	Luo
27087	1952	2919	Maragoli
27088	1952	2920	Marakwet
27436	1955	2921	Masai of Kenya	Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum as a static exhibit
27437	1955	2922	Meru of Kenya
27438	1955	2923	Magodo
27439	1955	2924	Nandi
27440	1955	2925	Nyika
27441	1955	2926	Samburu
27442	1955	2927	Suk	Preserved in Dar es Salaam^[5]^[6]
27443	1955	2928	Taveta
27444	1955	2929	Teita
27445	1955	2930	Tiriki
27446	1955	2931	Turkana

^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–81, 83, 87.
^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–81.
^ Locomotives for East Africa Railway Gazette 15 February 1952 pages 185/186
^ Ramaer 1974, p. 80, 83, 89.
^ Dickinson, Daniel (21 October 2002). "Tanzanian privatisation steams ahead". BBC News Online. BBC News. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ Bailey, Douglas C. "East African Railways No. 2927". www.steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

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