Railways
The Malayan Railway sold EARH eight metre gauge USATC S118 Class steam locomotives in 1948 another eight in 1949. EARH converted them to oil fuel and numbered them 2701–2716, making them the 27 class. EARH allocated them to its Tabora Depot on its Tanganyika section. They entered service in 1949 and 1950, working the lines to Mwanza, Kigoma and Mpanda where their light axle loading was an advantage and their high firebox enabled them to run through seasonal flooding on the Kigoma and Mpanda branches. EARH built further S118 from spare parts in 1953 and numbered it 2717. EARH withdrew them from service in about 1965 and they were in Dar es Salaam awaiting scrapping in 1966.
In 1955 and 1956 EARH introduced new and much more powerful steam locomotives for its Kenya and Uganda network: the 59 class Garratts. These were the mainstay of the section's heaviest traffic until they started to be withdrawn from service between 1973 and 1980.
EARH extended the Uganda Railway from Nairobi to Kasese in 1956 and thence to Arua in 1964. In 1962 it completed the northern Uganda railway from Tororo to Pakwach, thus superseding the Victoria Nile steamer service.
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