The EAR 60 class, also known as the Governor class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4Garratt-type articulatedsteam locomotives built for the East African Railways as a development of the EAR's existing 56 class.[2]
Initially, all members of the class carried the name of a Governor (or equivalent) of Kenya, Tanganyika or Uganda, but later all of the Governor nameplates were removed.[3]
Class list[]
The builder's and fleet numbers, and initial names, of each member of the class were as follows:[4][5]
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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. OCLC3781370.
Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN0715364375.
Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö, Sweden: Stenvalls. ISBN9789172661721.
Staff writer (August 1955). ""60" Class Locomotives". East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. East African Railways and Harbours. 2 (4): 129. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
External links[]
Media related to EAR 60 class at Wikimedia Commons
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