title: KUR EC2 class
text: # 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 |
  