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The South African type MT1 tender was a steam locomotive tender.
Type MT1 tenders were modified Type MT tenders with enlarged coal bunkers. The original Type MT tenders entered service on the South African Railways between 1928 and 1945. [1] [2] [3]
The South African type MT tender was a steam locomotive tender.
Type MT tenders were built between 1928 and 1945 by Berliner Maschinenbau, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Henschel and Son, Friedrich Krupp AG, North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and Škoda Works as tenders to the Classes 12A, 19B, 19C and 19D 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives which were placed in service by the South African Railways (SAR) during that period. [1] [2] [3]
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.
Henschel & Son was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons.
The Krupp family, a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, became famous for their production of steel, artillery, ammunition, and other armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. It was important to weapons development and production in both world wars. One of the most powerful dynasties in European history, for 400 years Krupp flourished as the premier weapons manufacturer for Germany. From the Thirty Years' War until the end of the Second World War, they produced everything from battleships, U-boats, tanks, howitzers, guns, utilities, and hundreds of other commodities.
Between 1945 and 1948, several of these tenders were reclassified to Type MT1 after being modified to increase the coal capacity by extending the top of the coal bunker rearwards, to the extent that the raised part of the tender sides are approximately three-quarters of the tender's length. [2] [3]
The rebuilt tender had a coal capacity which had been increased from 12 long tons (12.2 tonnes) to 13 long tons (13.2 tonnes). Its water capacity remained the same at 6,000 imperial gallons (27,300 litres). [2] [3]
Since many tender types are interchangeable between different locomotive classes and types, a tender classification system was adopted by the SAR. The first letter of the tender type indicates the classes of engines to which it could be coupled. The "M_" tenders could be used with the locomotive classes as shown, although engine drawbars and intermediate emergency chains had to be replaced or adjusted to suit the target locomotive in some cases. [3]
The South African Railways Class 12 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 12A 4-8-2 of 1919 was a steam locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 12B 4-8-2 of 1920 was a steam locomotive.
The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_T" tenders had a capacity of between 5,587 and 6,000 imperial gallons (25,400 and 27,300 litres; 6,710 and 7,210 US gallons). [3]
A number, when added after the letter code, indicates differences between similar tender types, such as function, wheelbase or coal bunker capacity. [3]
The South African type ZE tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type YE tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
The South African type YE1 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
The South African type SH tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Natal Colony.
The South African type SK tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type XM1 tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type TL tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type WG tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
The South African type MR tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type LP tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type HT tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type GT tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type MS tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type MP tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type MT2 tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type MX tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type MY tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type MY1 tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type ET1 tender was a steam locomotive tender.
The South African type XF1 tender was a steam locomotive tender.
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