Uganda Railway GB class
Kenya-Uganda Railway GB (EB1) class
East African Railways 22 class (part)
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNorth British Locomotive Company
Build date1919
Total produced34
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-8-0
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Career
Operators
Class
  • UR: GB class
  • KUR: GB class / EB1 class
  • EAR: 22 class (part)
Numbers
  • UR / KUR: 128–161
  • EAR: 2218–23
DispositionAll scrapped
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The UR GB class, known later as the UR / KUR EB1 class, and later still as part of the EAR 22 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Uganda Railway (UR). Its design of GB was based upon that of the earlier UR G class.[2]

The 34 members of the GB class entered service on the UR in 1919, and continued in service after the UR was renamed the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1926. Some of them were in service long enough to be also operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR) as part of its 22 class, from 1948 until the last ones were withdrawn in 1964.[3]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 42–43, 52, 84.
  2. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 42–43.
  3. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 42, 44.

Bibliography

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  • 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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