EAR 12 class

The EAR 12 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge 2-6-2 T steam locomotives built by W. G. Bagnall in Stafford, England, in 1950. The class had been ordered by the Tanganyika Railway (TR) as its SS class, and was a modified and updated version of the TR's existing ST class.[1]

East African Railways 12 class
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder W. G. Bagnall Serial number 2901–2902 Build date 1950 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2 T Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ^3⁄8 in)

By the time the two members of the class were built and entered service, the TR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them as its 12 class, and put them to work in the Tanganyika Territory (now part of Tanzania).[2]

See also

• History of rail transport in Tanzania

References

Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 69–71, 83–84.
2. Ramaer 1974, p. 70.

Bibliography

• Durrant, A E; Lewis, C P; Jorgensen, A A (1981). Steam in Africa. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 0600349462.
• 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.
• Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0715364375.
• Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö, Sweden: Stenvalls. ISBN 9789172661721.