The TR DL class, later known as the EAR 23 class, was a class of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives derived from the Nigerian Railways Emir class. The six members of the DL/23 class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Gorton, Manchester, England, for the Tanganyika Railway (TR). They entered service on the TR in 1923, and were later operated by the TR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR).[2]
Class list
The builder's and fleet numbers of each member of the class were as follows:[3]
Builder's number
1st TR number
2nd TR number
EAR number
Notes
6128
200
300
2301
6129
201
301
2302
Preserved at Nairobi Railway Museum as a static exhibit (and as TR 301)
6130
202
302
2303
6131
203
303
2304
6132
204
304
2305
6133
203
303
2306
The same locomotive, numbered and liveried as TR 301, at Nairobi Railway Museum, 2010
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Patience, Kevin (1976), Steam in East Africa: a pictorial history of the railways in East Africa, 1893-1976, Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books (E.A.) Ltd, OCLC 3781370, Wikidata Q111363477
Ramaer, Roel (1974). Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. David & Charles Locomotive Studies. Newton Abbot, North Pomfret: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-6437-6. OCLC 832692810. OL 5110018M. Wikidata Q111363478.
Ramaer, Roel (2009). Gari la Moshi: Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways. Malmö: Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-172-1. OCLC 502034710. Wikidata Q111363479.
Staff writer (August 1957). "The "23" Class Locomotives" (PDF). East African Railways and Harbours Magazine. 3 (4). East African Railways and Harbours: 128. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
External links
Media related to TR DL class at Wikimedia Commons
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