TR ML class

what is it?

The TR ML class, later known and expanded as the EAR 26 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives designed for and ordered by the Tanganyika Railway (TR), as a development of the TR MK class. The six members of the ML class were built in 1947 by W. G. Bagnall, in Stafford, England, and delivered to the TR. They were later operated by the TR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR), as its 26 class. In 1952, six further members of the 26 class were delivered to the EAR. They had been built by Vulcan Foundry, of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside), England, and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns of North East England.

who runs it

base stats

• built 12made 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 79 years ago, in 1947.
• ⌛Served for 5 years (1947–1952).

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

spec sheet

built

1947–1952

in service from

1947

retired

1952

status

retired

number built

12

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

Tanzania

builders

W. G. Bagnall Ltd., Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

operators

history of rail transport in Tanzania, East African Railways and Harbours Corporation, Tanganyika Railway

top speed

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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.