The KUR EC4 class, later known as the EAR 54 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4Garratt-type articulatedsteam locomotives developed under and for use in wartime conditions.
The seven members of the class were built during the latter stages of World War II by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the War Department of the United Kingdom and the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service on the KUR in 1944, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).[2]
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