#2793
KUR EC5 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1945· class of 2+4+5 East African 4-8-2+2-8-4 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotive 5505: Stephen wanjau· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The KUR EC5 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 during the latter stages of World War II by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, for the War Department of the United Kingdom. The two members of the class entered service on the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1945.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- 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 Q18666271, Wikipedia: KUR EC5 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.