South African type XC tender

South African type XC tender

300px Type XC tender on CSAR Class 10-C

Type and origin Locomotive CSAR Class 10-C Designer Central South African Railways (G.G. Elliot) Builder North British Locomotive Company In service 1910-1911 Rebuilder South African Railways Rebuilt to Type XF

Specifications Configuration 2-axle bogies Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length Wheel dia. as built 34 in (864 mm) retyred Wheelbase 14 ft 7 in (4,445 mm)  • Bogie 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm) Axle load  • Front bogie  • Rear bogie Weight empty 38,960 lb (17,670 kg) Weight w/o Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. 5 LT (5.1 t) Water cap. Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Bell link-and-pin

Career Operators Central South African Railways South African Railways Numbers SAR 767-778

Main article: South African steam locomotive tenders

The South African type XC tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Transvaal.

The Type XC tender entered service in 1910 and 1911, as tenders to the Class 10-C 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives which were acquired by the Central South African Railways. These locomotives were designated Class 10C on the South African Railways in 1912.

Manufacturer

Twelve Type XC tenders were built in 1910 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL).

The Central South African Railways (CSAR) placed twelve Class 10-C Pacific type locomotives in service in 1911 and 1912. The locomotive and tender were designed in 1910 by G.G. Elliot, the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the CSAR, at its Pretoria works.

The Type XC entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were acquired for light passenger working on the Reef.

Classification

Since many tender types are interchangeable between different locomotive classes and types, a tender classification system was adopted by the South African Railways (SAR) and these tenders were designated Type XC. Only Class 10C locomotives were delivered new with Type XC tenders.

In the SAR years, tenders were numbered for the engines they were delivered with. In most cases, an oval number plate, bearing the engine number and tender type, would be attached to the rear end of the tender. During the classification and renumbering of locomotives onto the SAR roster in 1912, no separate classification and renumbering list was published for tenders, which should have been renumbered according to the locomotive renumbering list. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, the tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number range from 767 to 778.

Letter codes

The first letter of the tender type indicates the classes of engines to which it can be coupled. The "X_" tenders could be used with the following locomotive classes:

• Cape Government Railways Mountain, SAR Class 4
• SAR Class 4A
• SAR Class 5
• Cape Government Railways 6th Class of 1897, SAR Class 6B
• Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen 6th Class L3, SAR Class 6E
• Cape Government Railways 6th Class of 1901 (Neilson, Reid), SAR Class 6H
• Cape Government Railways 6th Class of 1902, SAR Class 6J
• Cape Government Railways 8th Class of 1902, SAR Class 8
• Imperial Military Railways 8th Class, SAR Class 8A
• CSAR Class 8-L2, SAR Class 8B
• CSAR Class 8-L3, SAR Class 8C
• Cape Government Railways 8th Class 4-8-0 of 1903, SAR Class 8D
• Cape Government Railways 8th Class Experimental, SAR Class 8E
• Cape Government Railways 8th Class 4-8-0 of 1904, SAR Class 8F
• Cape Government Railways 8th Class 2-8-0 of 1903, SAR Class 8Y
• Cape Government Railways 8th Class 2-8-0 of 1904, SAR Class 8Z
• CSAR Class 9, SAR Class 9
• CSAR Class 10, SAR Class 10
• CSAR Class 10-2 Saturated, SAR Class 10A
• CSAR Class 10-2 Superheated. SAR Class 10B
• CSAR Class 10-C, SAR Class 10C
• CSAR Class 11, SAR Class 11
• Cape Government Railways 9th Class of 1903, SAR Class Experimental 4
• Cape Government Railways 9th Class of 1906, SAR Class Experimental 5
• Cape Government Railways 10th Class, SAR Class Experimental 6
• SAR Class ME
• CSAR Mallet Superheated, SAR Class MF

The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_C" tenders had a capacity of between .

A number, when added after the letter code, indicates differences between similar tender types, such as wheelbase or coal bunker capacity.

Rebuilding

Once the Class 10C locomotives were found to be capable of handling mainline passenger trains, they were equipped with larger Type XM2 tenders. Their redundant Type XC tenders were subsequently rebuilt with new larger water tanks and bunkers with a 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes) coal capacity. The rebuilt tenders were reclassified as Type XF.