Nigerian Railways River class
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 No. 137 River Owena near Port Harcourt, August 1974. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Nigerian Railway River class locomotive had a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
History
[edit]The first were built in 1947 by Vulcan Foundry, and several additional orders were delivered in later years by different manufacturers.[1]
They were fitted with Vacuum brakes supplied by the Vacuum Brake Company.
Similar locomotives
[edit]Similar locomotives were built for Malawi and East Africa.
See also
[edit]- EAR 29 class
- EAR 30 class
- EAR 31 class
- Preservation[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nigerian River Class 2-8-2 Built By Vulcan Foundry" (PDF). www.enuii.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Steam Survivors in Africa 2002".
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