#2013

UR GD class

🇰🇪 Kenya ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1923· class of 62 East African 4-8-0 locomotives

2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. EAR 2401: Robin Hutton· CC BY 2.0
2. Basil Roberts (680714 EAR): Basil Roberts (1935–2003)· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The UR GD class, known later as the UR / KUR EB3 class, and later still as the EAR 24 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives built for the Uganda Railway (UR). It was a larger and modified version of the earlier, experimental, UR GC class.

who runs it

East African Railways and Harbours Corporation Uganda Railway

base stats

built 62made 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 103 years ago, in 1923.

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

spec sheet

built: 1923–1930
number built: 62
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇰🇪 Kenya
builders: Vulcan Foundry, Nasmyth, Wilson and Company
operators: East African Railways and Harbours Corporation, 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 Q23894990, Wikipedia: UR GD class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.