#2767
EAR 27 class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1944· class of 17 East African 2-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EAR 1953 Steam & diesel catalogue Page 50 - Nr. 2704: Unknown photographer (Flickr uploader claims copyright, but image was first published in Kenya (or Tanzania) in 1953 (or earlier) and is therefore Public Domain - see below)· Public domain
what is it?
The EAR 27 class, previously known as the EAR MR class, was a sub-class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-2 USATC S118 Class steam locomotives operated by the East African Railways (EAR), and, with one exception, previously by the Malayan Railways.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 82 years ago, in 1944.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944–1953
- in service from
- 1929
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Davenport Locomotive Works, East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
- operators
- history of rail transport in Tanzania, East African Railways and Harbours Corporation, Tanganyika Railway
- top speed
- 85 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q18666256, Wikipedia: EAR 27 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.