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Uganda Railway MS class
Kenya-Uganda Railway MS (EE) class
East African Railways 10 class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNasmyth, Wilson and Company
Build date1913-14
Total produced8
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-4T
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Career
Operators
Class
  • UR: MS class
  • KUR: MS class / EE class
  • EAR: 10 class
Numbers
  • UR: 1009–1013, 1041–1043
  • KUR: 61–68 / 91–98 / 391–398
  • EAR: 1001–1008
[1]

The UR MS class, known later as the KUR MS class, later still as the KUR EE class, and finally as the EAR 10 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge 2-6-4T steam locomotives built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in Patricroft, Salford, England, for the Uganda Railway (UR).[2]

Service history

The eight members of the class entered service on the UR as its MS class in 1913–14. They continued in service after the UR was renamed the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1926, and were reclassified as the KUR EE class in 1929. They remained in service with the KUR, and, in 1949, became part of the fleet of the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR). The EAR later reclassified them as its 10 class; they were withdrawn in the 1960s.[3]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 36, 84.
  2. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 35–36.
  3. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 35–36, 84.

Bibliography

  • Durrant, A E; Lewis, C P; Jorgensen, A A (1981). Steam in Africa. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 978-0-600-34946-4. OCLC 9014344. OL 15088099M. Wikidata Q111363476.
  • Patience, Kevin (1976), Steam in East Africa: a pictorial history of the railways in East Africa, 1893-1976, Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (E.A.) Ltd, OCLC 3781370, Wikidata Q111363477
  • Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, North Pomfret: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-6437-6. OCLC 832692810. OL 5110018M. Wikidata Q111363478.
  • Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö: Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-172-1. OCLC 502034710. Wikidata Q111363479.