The UR MS class, known later as the KUR MS class, later still as the KUR EE class, and finally as the EAR 10 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge 2-6-4T steam locomotives built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company in Patricroft, Salford, England, for the Uganda Railway (UR).[2]

Uganda Railway MS class
Kenya-Uganda Railway MS (EE) class
East African Railways 10 class
East African Railways publicity photograph of no. 1001, c. 1953
East African Railways publicity photograph of no. 1001, c. 1953
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderNasmyth, Wilson and Company
Build date1913–14
Total produced8
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-4T
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Career
Operators
Class
  • UR: MS class
  • KUR: MS class / EE class
  • EAR: 10 class
Numbers
  • UR: 1009–1013, 1041–1043
  • KUR: 61–68 / 91–98 / 391–398
  • EAR: 1001–1008
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Service history

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The eight members of the class entered service on the UR as its MS class in 1913–14.[3] The UR acquired them to carry out shunting and light traffic duties on its branch lines.[4] All members of the class continued in service after the UR was renamed the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1926, and were reclassified in 1929 as the KUR EE class.[3]

In 1949, they became part of the fleet of the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR). The EAR later reclassified them as its 10 class; they were withdrawn in the 1960s.[3]

Preservation

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One member of the class, no. 1003, has been preserved, and is on static display at Jamhuri Park in Nairobi.[5][6][7]

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 36, 84.
  2. ^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 35–36.
  3. ^ a b c Ramaer 1974, pp. 35–36, 84.
  4. ^ Patience 1996, p. 23.
  5. ^ Patience 1996, p. 49.
  6. ^ "Steam locomotive information: Kenya". www.steamlocomotive.info. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "111560: Nairobi Kenya Jamhuri Park EAR Display 1003". Weston Langford Railway Photography. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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