EAR 56 class

EC6 class
56 class

Number in class6Numbers

EC6 class: 122–127
56 class: 5601–5606

First run1949DispositionAll scrapped^[1]

The EAR 56 class was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, in 1949. The six members of the class were ordered by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) immediately after World War II, and were a slightly modified version of the KUR's existing EC5 class.^[2]

By the time the new locomotives were built and entered service, the KUR had been succeeded by the East African Railways (EAR), which designated them for a very short time as its EC6 class, but then, as part of a comprehensive reclassification of all of its locomotives, redesignated them as its 56 class.^[2]

Class list

The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:^[3]

Builder's number	EC6 class number	56 class number
7280	122	5601
7281	123	5602
7282	124	5603
7283	125	5604
7284	126	5605
7285	127	5606

References

Notes

^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 65–66, 84, 86.
^ ^a ^b Ramaer 1974, p. 66.
^ Durrant 1981, pp. 189.

Bibliography

Durrant, A E (1981). Garratt Locomotives of the World (rev. and enl. ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon, UK; North Pomfret, Vt, USA: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7641-1. OCLC 9326294.
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.
Staff writer (August 1958). ""56" Class Garratt Locomotive" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 3 (10). East African Railways and Harbours: 344. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

External links

Media related to EAR 56 class at Wikimedia Commons

Locomotives of the East African Railways (EAR) and its predecessors and successors

Uganda / Kenya-Uganda Railway

Tank	ED1 MS (EE)
Tender	EA G (GA, EB) GB (EB1) GC (EB2) GD (EB3)
Garratt	EC EC1 EC2 EC3 EC4 EC5 EC6

Tanganyika Railway

Tank	GSL ST
Tender	BB DL G MK ML MR NZ RV
Garratt	GA GB

East African Railways

Tank	10 11 12 13
Tender	20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Garratt	50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Diesel shunting/goods	32 (ex-80) 33 (ex-81) 34 (ex-82) 35 43 (ex-83) 44 (ex-84) 45 (ex-85) 46 (ex-86)
Diesel mainline	61 71 (ex-91) 72 79 87 (ex-90) 88 92