TR DL class
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The TR DL class, later known as the EAR 23 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives derived from the . The six members of the DL/23 class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, for the Tanganyika Railway (TR). They entered service on the TR in 1923, and were later operated by the TR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).[2]
Class list[]
The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:[3]
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![TR 301 at Nairobi Railway Museum, 2010](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Tanganyika_Railways_4-8-0_%287513042176%29.jpg/220px-Tanganyika_Railways_4-8-0_%287513042176%29.jpg)
The same locomotive, numbered and liveried as TR 301, at Nairobi Railway Museum, 2010
See also[]
- History of rail transport in Tanzania
- Rail transport in Kenya
- Rail transport in Uganda
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 55–56, 62, 84, 87.
- ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 55–56, 84.
- ^ Ramaer 1974, p. 62.
Bibliography[]
- Durrant, A E; Lewis, C P; Jorgensen, A A (1981). Steam in Africa. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 0600349462.
- 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.
- Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0715364375.
- Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö, Sweden: Stenvalls. ISBN 9789172661721.
- Staff writer (August 1957). "The "23" Class Locomotives" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. East African Railways and Harbours. 3 (4): 128. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
External links[]
Media related to TR DL class at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Beyer, Peacock locomotives
- East African Railways locomotives
- Metre gauge steam locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1923
- Steam locomotives of Kenya
- Steam locomotives of Tanzania
- Steam locomotives of Uganda
- Tanganyika Railway locomotives
- 4-8-0 locomotives