# EAR 30 class

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The **EAR 30 class** was a class of oil-burning gauge [steam locomotives](/source/Steam_locomotive). The class was built in 1955 by [North British Locomotive Company](/source/North_British_Locomotive_Company) in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland, for the [East African Railways](/source/East_African_Railways) (EAR). Its design was derived from the [EAR 29 class](/source/EAR_29_class), which, in turn, was based upon the [Nigerian Railways River class](/source/Nigerian_Railways_River_class).[2]

The 26 members of the class served their entire careers in [Tanganyika](/source/Tanganyika_(territory))/[Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), one of the three territories/countries served by the EAR.[3]

## Class list

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

Builder's number EAR number Name Notes 27447 3001 Arusha Later renamed Tanganyika 27448 3002 Bena 27449 3003 Bondei 27450 3004 Chagga 27451 3005 Gogo 27452 3006 Ha 27453 3007 Haya 27454 3008 Hehe 27455 3009 Iramba 27456 3010 Irakwu 27457 3011 Luguru 27458 3012 Makonde 27459 3013 Makua 27460 3014 Masai of Tanganyika 27461 3015 Meru of Tanganyika 27462 3016 Mwera 27463 3017 Ngindo 27464 3018 Nyakyusa 27465 3019 Nyamwezi 27466 3020 Nyaturu Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum; in operating condition as of 2014[5] 27467 3021 Pare 27468 3022 Pogoro 27474 3023 Sambaa 27475 3024 Sukuma 27476 3025 Zaramo 27477 3026 Zigua

## See also

- [History of rail transport in Tanzania](/source/History_of_rail_transport_in_Tanzania)

## References

### Notes

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–83, 87.

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–81.

1. Durrant, Lewis & Jorgensen 1981, p. 83.

1. Ramaer 1974, pp. 83, 89.

1. ["Nairobi Railway Museum"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140922132909/http://krc.co.ke/?page_id=477). *[Kenya Railways Corporation website]*. [Kenya Railways Corporation](/source/Kenya_Railways_Corporation). Archived from [the original](http://krc.co.ke/?page_id=477) on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

### Bibliography

- Staff writer (February 1956). ["The "30" Class Locomotive"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000752/http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0207.htm). *East African Railways and Harbours Magazine*. **2** (7): 236. [East African Railways and Harbours](/source/East_African_Railways_and_Harbours). Archived from [the original](http://www.energeticproductions.com/EARandH/Vol0207.htm) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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