The EAR 56 class was a class of gauge 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.
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.
Class list The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:
Builder'snumberEC6 classnumber56 classnumberNotes728012256017281123560272821245603728312556047284126560572851275606
See also Rail transport in Kenya Rail transport in Tanzania Rail transport in Uganda
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