Английская Википедия:EAR 13 class

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox locomotive The EAR 13 class was a class of Шаблон:Track gauge gauge Шаблон:Whyte steam locomotives built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, for the East African Railways (EAR).Шаблон:Sfn

The 18 members of the class were built in 1952 and entered service in 1953. They were later converted into Шаблон:Whytes, because of a tendency to de-rail when operating in reverse, using bogies (trucks) salvaged from EAR 50 class Garratt-type locomotives, which were then in the process of being withdrawn from service.Шаблон:Sfn

Class member 1315 was for many years an exhibit in the Nairobi Railway Museum. However, in 1996 after checking the boiler records of all the museum exhibits, the locomotive was removed from the Museum by Kenya Railways engineers who were in need of a replacement main works stationary boiler. The rest of the locomotive was then scrapped.

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