# EAR 29 class

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The **EAR 29 class** was a class of oil-burning gauge [steam locomotives](/source/Steam_locomotive) based upon the [Nigerian Railways River class](/source/Nigerian_Railways_River_class). Thirty-one were built for the [East African Railways](/source/East_African_Railways) (EAR), in two batches, of 20 and 11, respectively, by [North British Locomotive Company](/source/North_British_Locomotive_Company) in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland.[2] They were built to be [gauge convertible](/source/Track_gauge_conversion) to gauge.[3]

## Class list

The numbers, build years and names of each member of the class were as follows:[4]

Builders number Built EAR number Name Notes 26905 1951 2901 Boran 26906 1951 2902 Bukusu 26907 1952 2903 Bunyore 26908 1952 2904 Chuka 26909 1952 2905 Digo 26910 1952 2906 Dorobo 26911 1952 2907 Duruma 26912 1952 2908 Elgeyo 26913 1952 2909 Embu 26914 1952 2910 Galla 26915 1952 2911 Giryama 26916 1952 2912 Kakamega 26917 1952 2913 Kamasia Later renamed Tuken (a different name for the same ethnic group) 26918 1952 2914 Kamba 26919 1952 2915 Kikuyu 26920 1952 2916 Kipsigis 27085 1952 2917 Kisii 27086 1952 2918 Luo 27087 1952 2919 Maragoli 27088 1952 2920 Marakwet 27436 1955 2921 Masai of Kenya Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum as a static exhibit 27437 1955 2922 Meru of Kenya 27438 1955 2923 Magodo 27439 1955 2924 Nandi 27440 1955 2925 Nyika 27441 1955 2926 Samburu 27442 1955 2927 Suk Preserved in Dar es Salaam[5][6] 27443 1955 2928 Taveta 27444 1955 2929 Teita 27445 1955 2930 Tiriki 27446 1955 2931 Turkana

## See also

- [History of rail transport in Tanzania](/source/History_of_rail_transport_in_Tanzania)
- [Rail transport in Kenya](/source/Rail_transport_in_Kenya)
- [Rail transport in Uganda](/source/Rail_transport_in_Uganda)

## References

### Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–81, 83, 87.

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–81.

1. Locomotives for East Africa *[Railway Gazette](/source/Railway_Gazette_International)* 15 February 1952 pages 185/186

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 80, 83, 89.

1. Dickinson, Daniel (21 October 2002). ["Tanzanian privatisation steams ahead"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2309915.stm). *[BBC News Online](/source/BBC_News_Online)*. [BBC News](/source/BBC_News). Retrieved 4 December 2014.

1. Bailey, Douglas C. ["East African Railways No. 2927"](http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=6465). *www.steamlocomotive.info*. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

### Bibliography

- Staff writer (June 1952). [""29" Class Locomotives"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141208171338/http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0202.pdf). *Staff Magazine*. **1** (1). [East African Railways and Harbours](/source/East_African_Railways_and_Harbours). Archived from [the original](http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0202.pdf) on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- Staff writer (December 1954). [""29" Class Locomotives"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000634/http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0111.pdf). *East African Railways and Harbours Magazine*. **1** (11): 14. [East African Railways and Harbours](/source/East_African_Railways_and_Harbours). Archived from [the original](http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0111.pdf) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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