UR G class
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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]
See also[]
- Rail transport in Kenya
- Rail transport in Uganda
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 37, 52.
- ^ Ramaer 1974, p. 37.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ramaer 1974, p. 44.
- ^ Patience 1996, p. 26.
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.
- 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, 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.
Categories:
- Kenya-Uganda Railway locomotives
- Metre gauge steam locomotives
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1914
- Steam locomotives of Kenya
- Steam locomotives of Uganda
- Uganda Railway locomotives
- 4-8-0 locomotives
- Scrapped locomotives