Uganda Railway G (GA) class
Kenya-Uganda Railway GA (EB) class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNasmyth, Wilson and Company
Build date1914
Total produced7
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-8-0
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Career
Operators
Class
  • UR: G class / GA class
  • KUR: GA class / EB class
Numbers121–127
DispositionAll scrapped
[1]

The UR G class, known later as the UR / KUR GA class, and later still as the KUR EB class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in Patricroft, Salford, England, for the Uganda Railway (UR).[2]

The seven members of the class entered service on the UR in 1914.[3] In 1920, the East Africa Protectorate became the Kenya Crown Colony and was opened for settlement. The UR soon became hard pressed to keep up with the increased movement of goods and produce, and the locomotives in the class were used to address that problem.[4] They continued in service after the UR was renamed the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1926.[3]

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References

Notes

  1. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 37, 52.
  2. ^ Ramaer 1974, p. 37.
  3. ^ a b Ramaer 1974, p. 44.
  4. ^ Patience 1996, p. 26.

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
  • Patience, Kevin (1996). Steam Twilight: The last years of steam on Kenya Railways. Bahrain: Kevin Patience. OCLC 37615720.
  • 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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