KUR EC2 class
# KUR EC2 class

The KUR EC2 class, later known as the EAR 52 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives operated by the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) and the East African Railways (EAR).

## Production

The ten members of the class were ordered by the KUR. Unusually, they were built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, instead of Beyer, Peacock & Co., the builder of all the KUR's other Garratt locomotives.

## Service history

The whole class entered service in 1931, and its members were later operated by the KUR's successor, the EAR, both in Kenya/Uganda and in Tanzania.

## Class list

The numbers, build dates and names of each member of the class were as follows:

| Builder's number | KUR number | EAR number | Name |
| - | - | - | - |
| 24070 | 67 | 5201 | Busoga |
| 24071 | 68 | 5202 | Kavirondo |
| 24072 | 69 | 5203 | Mubendi |
| 24073 | 70 | 5204 | Turkana |
| 24074 | 71 | 5205 | Nyeri |
| 24075 | 72 | 5206 | Kiambu |
| 24076 | 73 | 5207 | Nzoia |
| 24077 | 74 | 5208 | Isiolo |
| 24078 | 75 | 5209 | Nakuru |
| 24079 | 76 | 5210 | Entebbe |
