The EAR 30 class was a class of oil-burning gauge steam locomotives. The class was built in 1955 by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, for the East African Railways (EAR). Its design was derived from the EAR 29 class, which, in turn, was based upon the Nigerian Railways River class.
The 26 members of the class served their entire careers in Tanganyika/Tanzania, one of the three territories/countries served by the EAR. Class list The numbers and names of each member of the class were as follows:
Builder'snumberEARnumberNameNotes274473001ArushaLater renamed Tanganyika274483002Bena274493003Bondei274503004Chagga274513005Gogo274523006Ha274533007Haya274543008Hehe274553009Iramba274563010Irakwu274573011Luguru274583012Makonde274593013Makua274603014Masai of Tanganyika274613015Meru of Tanganyika274623016Mwera274633017Ngindo274643018Nyakyusa274653019Nyamwezi274663020NyaturuPreserved at Nairobi Railway Museum; in operating condition 274673021Pare274683022Pogoro274743023Sambaa274753024Sukuma274763025Zaramo274773026Zigua
See also History of rail transport in Tanzania
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