KUR EC4 class

The KUR EC4 class, later known as the EAR 54 class, was a class of gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives developed under and for use in wartime conditions.

The seven members of the class were built during the latter stages of World War II by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the War Department of the United Kingdom and the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service on the KUR in 1944, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).

Class list The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:

Builder'snumberWDnumberFirst KURnumberSecond KURnumberEARnumberNotes707574418891005401707674419901015402Last member of the class to be withdrawn from service707774420911025403707874421921035404707974422931045405708074423941055406708174424951065407

KUR EC4 class

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