The EAR 29 class was a class of oil-burning gauge steam locomotives based upon the Nigerian Railways River class. Thirty-one were built for the East African Railways (EAR), in two batches, of 20 and 11, respectively, by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland. They were built to be gauge convertible to gauge.Locomotives for East Africa Railway Gazette 15 February 1952 pages 185/186
Class list The numbers, build years and names of each member of the class were as follows:
BuildersnumberBuiltEARnumberNameNotes2690519512901Boran2690619512902Bukusu2690719522903Bunyore2690819522904Chuka2690919522905Digo2691019522906Dorobo2691119522907Duruma2691219522908Elgeyo2691319522909Embu2691419522910Galla2691519522911Giryama2691619522912Kakamega2691719522913KamasiaLater renamed Tuken (a different name for the same ethnic group)2691819522914Kamba2691919522915Kikuyu2692019522916Kipsigis2708519522917Kisii2708619522918Luo2708719522919Maragoli2708819522920Marakwet2743619552921Masai of KenyaPreserved at Nairobi Railway Museum as a static exhibit2743719552922Meru of Kenya2743819552923Magodo2743919552924Nandi2744019552925Nyika2744119552926Samburu2744219552927SukPreserved in Dar es Salaam2744319552928Taveta2744419552929Teita2744519552930Tiriki2744619552931Turkana
See also History of rail transport in Tanzania Rail transport in Kenya Rail transport in Uganda
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