#2239
TR RV class
Tanzania ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1928· class of 8 East African 4-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EAR 1953 Steam & diesel catalogue Page 30 - Nr. 2103: Unknown photographer (Flickr uploader claims copyright, but image was first published in Kenya (or Tanzania) in 1953 (or earlier) and is therefore Public Domain - see below)· Public domain
what is it?
The TR RV class, later known as the EAR 21 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge steam locomotives designed and built for the Tanganyika Railway (TR) as a 4-8-2 development of the 2-8-2 TR MK class. The eight members of the RV class were built by Vulcan Foundry, in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside), England. The "RV" class designation was short for "River", as each RV class locomotive was named after a river in the Tanganyika Territory.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Served for 2 years (1928–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1930
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Tanzania
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- history of rail transport in Tanzania, East African Railways and Harbours Corporation, Tanganyika Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18666290, Wikipedia: TR RV class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.