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East African Railways & Harbours Steam Engines at Nairobi in the 1950s Iain Mulligan |
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11 Class Tank switches in Nairobi Centre Yard - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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13 Class Tank at Nairobi West. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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23 Class - a rare visitor to Nairobi, freshly turned out from the paintshop. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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28 Class at Nairobi MPD takes on furnace fuel oil. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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The 28 Class were the largest non-articulated locomotives on the system. Here 2804 Kilifi is prepared for service at Nairobi Shed. Built by Messrs R Stevenson in 1928, they were originally designated the EA Class by the KUR&H. With their 4ft 3in driving wheels, these 2-8-2s looked far more like the locomotives built for the UK home market and looked distinctly un-African. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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29 Class 2924 Nandi prepares to depart Nairobi West with Train 521 pick-up goods (freight) for Nakuru. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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This 52 Class has still to have the rear tender painted and lined out. All EAR&H locomotives were maintained to the highest standards and were always beautifully turned out. The 52 Garratt had a number board illuminated on the side of the headlight which is clearly visible in this photograph. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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54 Class 5407 - the second most powerful class of locomotive in East Africa. Not usually seen in Nairobi, the locomotive was in the workshops for repairs - note the front tender paint variation. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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54 Class 5407 at Nairobi. Formerly the KUR EC4 Class, seven of these powerful Garratts were received in 1944. Despite their impressive tractive effort, the 54s were not a success and were demanding on maintenance and unpopular with footplate crews. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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55 Class 5509, ex-Burma Railways visits Nairobi from Voi. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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Another view of 55 Class 5509. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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Coal burning 56 Class Garratt still bearing its KUR&H Number. The first of the batch of KUR&H EC6 Class, this locomotive naturally became 5601. Six of these locomotives were delivered in 1949 pending the arrival of the 58s. After service on the Kenya-Uganda Section, they were banished to Tanganyika to replace the ex-Burma 55 Class which ended up in the Kenya-Uganda Section. PHOTO - EAR&H Magazine |
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60 Class 6019, Sir Philip Mitchell - a former Governor of Kenya - gets under way passed the Nairobi Carriage Sidings with Train No 1 Up - the Uganda Mail. The passenger car in the siding in front of the locomotive is an aluminium 1st Class car which remained unpainted until after 1958. - PHOTO Iain Mulligan |
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