EAR 56 class

what is it?

The EAR 56 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, in 1949. The six members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) immediately after World War II, and were a slightly modified version of the KUR's existing EC5 class.

who runs it

base stats

• built 6made in total

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 77 years ago, in 1949.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1949

in service from

1949

status

retired

number built

6

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Beyer, Peacock and Company

operators

East African Railways and Harbours Corporation

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

wheel arrangement

4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.