EAR 30 class

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	North British Locomotive Company
Serial number	27447–27468; 27474–27477;
Build date	1955
Total produced	26

East African Railways 30 class
East African Railways 30 class
	No. 3019 Nyamwezi at Tabora depot, Tanzania, in 1968
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	North British Locomotive Company
Serial number	27447–27468; 27474–27477;
Build date	1955
Total produced	26
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-4
• UIC	1′D2' h2
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Driver dia.	48 in (1,219 mm)
Adhesive weight	51.2 long tons (52.0 t)
Loco weight	77.7 long tons (78.9 t)
Fuel type	Oil
Fuel capacity	1,950 imp gal (8,900 L; 2,340 US gal)
Water cap.	7,000 imp gal (32,000 L; 8,400 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	38 sq ft (3.53 m2)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	146 sq ft (13.6 m2)
• Tubes	1,680 sq ft (156 m2)
• Total surface	2,272 sq ft (211.1 m2)
Superheater:;
• Type	Inside
• Heating area	446 sq ft (41.4 m2)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	29,835 lbf (132.71 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	East African Railways (EAR)
Class	30 class
Number in class	26
Numbers	3001–3026
Delivered	1955
First run	1955

The EAR 30 class was a class of oil-burning 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 2-8-4 steam locomotives. The class was built in 1955 by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, for the East African Railways (EAR). Its design was derived from the 2-8-2 EAR 29 class, which, in turn, was based upon the Nigerian Railways River class.^[2]

The 26 members of the class served their entire careers in Tanganyika/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^[update]^[5]
27467	3021	Pare
27468	3022	Pogoro
27474	3023	Sambaa
27475	3024	Sukuma
27476	3025	Zaramo
27477	3026	Zigua

^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–83, 87.
^ Ramaer 1974, pp. 80–81.
^ Durrant, Lewis & Jorgensen 1981, p. 83.
^ Ramaer 1974, p. 83, 89.
^ "Nairobi Railway Museum". [Kenya Railways Corporation website]. Kenya Railways Corporation. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

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Staff writer (February 1956). "The "30" Class Locomotive". East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 2 (7). East African Railways and Harbours: 236. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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