UR MS class

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Uganda Railway MS class
Kenya-Uganda Railway MS (EE) class
East African Railways 10 class
East African Railways publicity photograph of no. 1001, c. 1953
East African Railways publicity photograph of no. 1001, c. 1953
hideType and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNasmyth, Wilson and Company
Build date1913–14
Total produced8
hideSpecifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-4T
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
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Operators
  • Uganda Railway (UR)
  • → Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR)
  • → East African Railways (EAR)
Class
  • UR: MS class
  • KUR: MS class / EE class
  • EAR: 10 class
Numbers
  • UR: 1009–1013, 1041–1043
  • KUR: 61–68 / 91–98 / 391–398
  • EAR: 1001–1008
[1]

The UR MS class, known later as the KUR MS class, later still as the KUR EE class, and finally as the EAR 10 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-6-4T steam locomotives built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in Patricroft, Salford, England, for the Uganda Railway (UR).[2]

Service history[]

The eight members of the class entered service on the UR as its MS class in 1913–14.[3] The UR acquired them to carry out shunting and light traffic duties on its branch lines.[4] All members of the class continued in service after the UR was renamed the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1926, and were reclassified in 1929 as the KUR EE class.[3]

In 1949, they became part of the fleet of the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR). The EAR later reclassified them as its 10 class; they were withdrawn in the 1960s.[3]

Preservation[]

One member of the class, no. 1003, has been preserved, and is on static display at Jamhuri Park in Nairobi.[5][6][7]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 36, 84.
  2. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 35–36.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ramaer 1974, pp. 35–36, 84.
  4. ^ Patience 1996, p. 23.
  5. ^ Patience 1996, p. 49.
  6. ^ "Steam locomotive information: Kenya". www.steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "111560: Nairobi Kenya Jamhuri Park EAR Display 1003". Weston Langford Railway Photography. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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.
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