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KUR EC1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1927· class of steam locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EAR 1953 Steam & diesel catalogue Page 61 - Nr. 5017: Unknown photographer (Flickr uploader claims copyright, but image was first published in Kenya in 1953 (or earlier) and is therefore Public Domain - see below)· Public domain
what is it?
The KUR EC1 class, later known as the EAR 50 class and the EAR 51 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 operated by Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) and the East African Railways (EAR).
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1930
- in service from
- 1927
- number built
- 22
- 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.
Sources: Wikidata Q18666269, Wikipedia: KUR EC1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.