East African Railways 12 class
No. 1201 at Dar es Salaam railway station in 1968
No. 1201 at Dar es Salaam railway station in 1968
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderW. G. Bagnall
Serial number2901–2902
Build date1950
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-2T
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

The EAR 12 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-6-2T steam locomotives built by W. G. Bagnall in Stafford, England, in 1950. The class had been ordered by the Tanganyika Railway (TR) as its SS class, and was a modified and updated version of the TR's existing ST class.[1]

By the time the two members of the class were built and entered service, the TR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them as its 12 class, and put them to work in the Tanganyika Territory (now part of Tanzania).[2]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 69–71, 83–84.
  2. ^ Ramaer 1974, p. 70.

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.

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