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UR G class
🇰🇪 Kenya ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1914· class of 7 East African 4-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The UR G class, known later as the UR / KUR GA class, and later still as the KUR EB class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in Patricroft, Salford, England, for the Uganda Railway (UR). The seven members of the class entered service on the UR in 1914. In 1920, the East Africa Protectorate became the Kenya Crown Colony and was opened for settlement.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
- operators
- Uganda Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18666291, Wikipedia: UR G class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.