EAR 29 class

what is it?

The EAR 29 class was a class of oil-burning 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives based upon the Nigerian Railways River class. Thirty-one were built for the East African Railways (EAR), in two batches, of 20 and 11, respectively, by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. They were built to be gauge convertible to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge.

who runs it

base stats

• built 31made 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 75 years ago, in 1951.

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

spec sheet

built

1951–1955

in service from

1951

number built

31

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

North British Locomotive Company

operators

East African Railways and Harbours Corporation

top speed

—

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.