KUR EC3 class

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-8-4+4-8-4 (Garratt)
• UIC	(2′D2′)(2′D2′) h4
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Driver dia.	4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm)
Width	9 ft 6 in (2,900 mm)
Height	12 ft 5.5 in (3.797 m)
Adhesive weight	97 long tons (99 t)
Loco weight	186.2 long tons (189.2 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	12 long tons (12 t)
Water cap.	6,000 imp gal (27,000 L; 7,200 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	48.5 sq ft (4.51 m2)
Boiler pressure	220 psi (1.52 MPa); (225 psi (1.55 MPa));
Heating surface:
• Firebox	169 sq ft (15.7 m2)
• Tubes	; 1,963 sq ft (182.4 m2)
• Total surface	2,561 sq ft (237.9 m2)
Superheater:;
• Type	Inside
• Heating area	429 sq ft (39.9 m2)
Cylinders	4 (Garratt)
Cylinder size	16 in × 26 in (406 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Valve type	Trunk type
Valve travel	5 in (130 mm)
Loco brake	Westinghouse type
Train brakes	Westinghouse type
Safety systems	3 Ross muffled pop valves

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Co.; K.C. Strahan; H.B. Stoyle;
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Serial number	6905–6910, 6970–6975
Build date	1939, 1940
Total produced	12

Kenya-Uganda Railway EC3 class
East African Railways 57 class
Kenya-Uganda Railway EC3 class; East African Railways 57 class;
	No. 5712 Kigezi with a freight train at Mombasa, Kenya, in 1969
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Co.; K.C. Strahan; H.B. Stoyle;
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Serial number	6905–6910, 6970–6975
Build date	1939, 1940
Total produced	12
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-8-4+4-8-4 (Garratt)
• UIC	(2′D2′)(2′D2′) h4
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Driver dia.	4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm)
Width	9 ft 6 in (2,900 mm)
Height	12 ft 5.5 in (3.797 m)
Adhesive weight	97 long tons (99 t)
Loco weight	186.2 long tons (189.2 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	12 long tons (12 t)
Water cap.	6,000 imp gal (27,000 L; 7,200 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	48.5 sq ft (4.51 m2)
Boiler pressure	220 psi (1.52 MPa); (225 psi (1.55 MPa));
Heating surface:
• Firebox	169 sq ft (15.7 m2)
• Tubes	; 1,963 sq ft (182.4 m2)
• Total surface	2,561 sq ft (237.9 m2)
Superheater:;
• Type	Inside
• Heating area	429 sq ft (39.9 m2)
Cylinders	4 (Garratt)
Cylinder size	16 in × 26 in (406 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Valve type	Trunk type
Valve travel	5 in (130 mm)
Loco brake	Westinghouse type
Train brakes	Westinghouse type
Safety systems	3 Ross muffled pop valves
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	47,200 lbf (209.96 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR); → East African Railways (EAR);
Class	KUR: EC3 class; EAR: 57 class;
Number in class	12
Numbers	KUR: 77–88; EAR: 5701–5712;
First run	1939
Withdrawn	1967
Preserved	KUR 87 (EAR 5711)
Disposition	One preserved, remainder scrapped

The KUR EC3 class, later known as the EAR 57 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives. The twelve members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England, for the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR). They entered service between 1939 and 1941, and were later operated by the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).^[1]