#2110
KUR ED1 class
🇰🇪 Kenya ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1926· class of 27±4 East African 2-6-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. KUR 327: Robin Hutton· CC BY 2.0
- 2. UR ED1 works photo: unknown - works photo - photographer not identified· Public domain
what is it?
The KUR ED1 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-6-2T steam locomotives built for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). The first batch of 23 were built by Vulcan Foundry between 1926 and 1927. These were followed by further four built in 1929; one by W. G. Bagnall and three by Hunslet Engine Company.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1930
- number built
- 31
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry, W. G. Bagnall Ltd., Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Uganda Railway, Tanganyika Railway, East African Railways and Harbours Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 50.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18648923, Wikipedia: KUR ED1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.