The eight members of the class entered service on the UR as its MS class in 1913–14.[3] The UR acquired them to carry out shunting and light traffic duties on its branch lines.[4] All members of the class continued in service after the UR was renamed the Kenya-Uganda Railway (KUR) in 1926, and were reclassified in 1929 as the KUR EE class.[3]
In 1949, they became part of the fleet of the KUR's successor, the East African Railways (EAR). The EAR later reclassified them as its 10 class; they were withdrawn in the 1960s.[3]
Preservation
One member of the class, no. 1003, has been preserved, and is on static display at Jamhuri Park in Nairobi.[5][6][7]
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, OCLC3781370, WikidataQ111363477
Patience, Kevin (1996). Steam Twilight: The last years of steam on Kenya Railways. Bahrain: Kevin Patience. OCLC37615720.