The EAR 60 class, also known as the Governor class, was a class of gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives built for the East African Railways as a development of the EAR's existing 56 class.

History The 29 members of the 60 class were ordered by the EAR from Beyer, Peacock & Co. The first 12 of them were built by sub-contractors Société Franco-Belge in Raismes (Valenciennes), France, and the rest were built by Beyer, Peacock in Gorton, Manchester, England. The class entered service in 1953-54.

Initially, all members of the class carried the name of a Governor (or equivalent) of Kenya, Tanganyika or Uganda, but later all of the Governor nameplates were removed.

Class list The builder's and fleet numbers, and initial names, of each member of the class were as follows:

BPbuilder'sno.Beyer, Peacock & Co. builder's number SFBbuilder'sno.Société Franco-Belge builder's numberEARnumberInitial nameThe nameplates bearing these names were later removed.Notes756529836001Sir Geoffrey ArcherLater renamed Umoja ("Unity")756629846002Sir Hesketh Bell756729856003Sir Stewart Symes756829866004Sir Frederick Jackson756929876005Sir Bernard Bourdillon757029886006Sir Harold MacMichael Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum as a static exhibit (with Sir Harold MacMichael nameplates)757129896007Sir Mark Young757229906008Sir Wilfrid Jackson757329916009Sir Edward Twining757429926010Sir Donald Cameron757529936011Sir William Battershill757629946012Sir Percy Girouard7577–6013Sir Henry Belfield7578–6014Sir Joseph Byrne7579–6015Sir Robert Brooke-Popham7580–6016Sir Henry Moore7659–6017Sir John Hall7660–6018Sir Charles Dundas7661–6019Sir Philip Mitchell7662–6020Sir Evelyn Baring7663–6021Sir William Gowers7664–6022Sir Andrew Cohen7665–6023Sir Edward Northey7666–6024Sir James Hayes-Sadler7721–6025Sir Henry Colville7722–6026Sir Horace ByattLater renamed Uhuru ("Freedom")7723–6027Sir Gerald Portal7724–6028Sir H. H. Johnston7725–6029Sir Edward Grigg

See also List of colonial governors of Kenya List of governors of Tanganyika List of governors of Uganda Rail transport in Kenya Rail transport in Uganda

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