No. 5604 at Dar es Salaam depot, Tanzania, in 1968
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Builder
Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Serial number
7280–7285
Build date
1949
Total produced
6
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)
• UIC
(2′D1′)(1′D2′) h4
Gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Driver dia.
48 in (1,219 mm)
Adhesive weight
88 long tons (89 t)
Loco weight
146.8 long tons (149.2 t)
Fuel type
Oil
Fuel capacity
2,382 imp gal (10,830 L; 2,861 US gal)
Water cap.
4,200 imp gal (19,000 L; 5,000 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
48.8 sq ft (4.53 m2)
Boiler pressure
200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox
164 sq ft (15.2 m2)
• Tubes
1,753 sq ft (162.9 m2)
• Total surface
2,287 sq ft (212.5 m2)
Superheater:
• Type
Inside
• Heating area
370 sq ft (34 m2)
Cylinders
4 (Garratt)
Cylinder size
16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear
Walschaerts
Loco brake
Westinghouse type
Train brakes
Westinghouse type
Performance figures
Tractive effort
43,520 lbf (193.59 kN)
Career
Operators
East African Railways (EAR)
Class
EC6 class
56 class
Number in class
6
Numbers
EC6 class: 122–127
56 class: 5601–5606
First run
1949
Disposition
All scrapped
[1]
The EAR 56 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, in 1949. The six members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) immediately after World War II, and were a slightly modified version of the KUR's existing EC5 class.[2]
By the time the new locomotives were built and entered service, the KUR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them for a very short time as its EC6 class, but then, as part of a comprehensive reclassification of all of its locomotives, redesignated them as its 56 class.[2]
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