EAR 12 class

what is it?

The EAR 12 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-6-2T steam locomotives built by W. G. Bagnall in Stafford, England, in 1950. The class had been ordered by the Tanganyika Railway (TR) as its SS class, and was a modified and updated version of the TR's existing ST class. By the time the two members of the class were built and entered service, the TR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them as its 12 class, and put them to work in the Tanganyika Territory (now part of Tanzania).

who runs it

base stats

• built 2made 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 76 years ago, in 1950.

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

spec sheet

built

1950

number built

2

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

W. G. Bagnall Ltd.

operators

East African Railways and Harbours Corporation

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

wheel arrangement

2-6-2

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.