South African type XC tender

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South African type XC tender

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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
Rebuild date c. 1925
Rebuilt to Type XF
Specifications
Configuration 2-axle bogies
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Length 22 ft 3 1⁄8 in (6,785 mm)
Wheel dia.33 1⁄2 in (851 mm) 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 8 LT 18 cwt (9,043 kg)
 • Front bogie 17 LT (17,270 kg)
 • Rear bogie 17 LT 16 cwt (18,090 kg)
Weight empty 38,960 lb (17,670 kg)
Weight w/o 34 LT 16 cwt (35,360 kg)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel cap. 5 LT (5.1 t)
Water cap. 2,600 imp gal (11,800 l)
Stoking Manual
Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin
Career
Operators Central South African Railways
South African Railways
Numbers SAR 767-778

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

Union of South Africa state in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961, predecessor to the Republic of South Africa

The Union of South Africa is the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Transvaal, and the Orange River Colony. It included the territories that were formerly a part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.

Transvaal Colony former British colony

The Transvaal Colony was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Anglo-Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The physical borders of the Transvaal Colony were not identical to the defeated South African Republic, but was larger. In 1910 the entire territory became the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa.

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The Type XC tender entered service in 1910 and 1911, as tenders to the Class 10-C4-6-2 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. [1] [2] [3]

Central South African Railways railway operator in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies from 1902 to 1910

The Central South African Railways (CSAR) was from 1902 to 1910 the operator of public railways in the Transvaal Colony and Orange River Colony in what is now South Africa. During the Anglo-Boer War, as British forces moved into the territory of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic, the Orange Free State Government Railways, the Netherlands-South African Railway Company and the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway were taken over by the Imperial Military Railways under Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Girouard. After the war had ended, the Imperial Military Railways became the Central South African Railways in July 1902, with Thomas Rees Price as General Manager. With the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the CSAR was merged with the Cape Government Railways and the Natal Government Railways to form the South African Railways.

South African Class 10C 4-6-2 class of 12 South African 4-6-2 locomotives

The South African Railways Class 10C 4-6-2 of 1910 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.

Manufacturer

Twelve Type XC tenders were built in 1910 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL). [1] [2] [3]

North British Locomotive Company defunct British locomotive manufacturer, active 1903–1962

The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company, Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company, creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire.

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, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the CSAR, at its Pretoria works. [1] [2] [3]

The Type XC entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were acquired for light passenger working on the Reef. [1] [2] [3]

Characteristics

The tender had a maximum axle load of 8 long tons 18 hundredweight (9,043 kilograms), a coal capacity of 5 long tons (5.1 tonnes) and a water capacity of 2,600 imperial gallons (11,800 litres; 3,120 US gallons). [1] [2] [3]

Locomotive

Only the Class 10C locomotives were delivered new with Type XC tenders. In the South African Railways (SAR) years, tenders were numbered for the engines they were delivered with. In most cases, an oval number plate, bearing the engine number and often also the locomotive class 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, these tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number range from 767 to 778. [3] [4]

Classification letters

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 can be coupled. The "X_" tenders could be used with the locomotive classes as shown. [3]

The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_C" tenders had a capacity of between 2,590 and 2,600 imperial gallons (11,770 and 11,820 litres; 3,110 and 3,122 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]

Rebuilding

The Class 10C locomotives were soon found to be capable of handling mainline passenger trains and they were therefore equipped with new and larger Type XM2 tenders. [5]

From c. 1925, the redundant Type XC tenders were completely rebuilt by the SAR by mounting a completely new upper structure on the existing underframe, with new water tanks and a larger coal capacity. These rebuilt tenders had a more modern appearance, with flush sides all the way to the top of the coal bunker. They had a coal capacity of 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes), a water capacity of 3,000 imperial gallons (13,600 litres) and a maximum axle load of 11 long tons 3 hundredweight 2 quarters (11,350 kilograms). They were reclassified as Type XF. [2] [3] [6]

The program to rebuild several older tender types with new upper structures was begun by Col F.R. Collins DSO, who approved several of the detailed drawings for the work during his term in office as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the SAR from 1922 to 1929. It was continued by his successor, A.G. Watson. [7]

Illustration

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 14–17. ISBN   978-0-7153-5427-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 Aug 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. p. 43.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 Aug 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte, Steam Locomotives/Stoomlokomotiewe. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. pp. 6a-7a, 41, 43.
  4. ↑ Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 15, 37 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
  5. ↑ Soul of A Railway - System 1 – Part 1: Cape Town prior to the Second World War - Caption 5. (Accessed on 26 November 2016)
  6. ↑ SAR Mechanical Department. New Tender Tank - Class 6H, 6J, 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, 8Y, 8Z, 10C old tenders, Exp 4, 20. SAR Mechanical Department Drawing Office, Drawing L-5076/12, 1925.
  7. ↑ SAR Mechanical Department. New Tender Tank - Class 6B, 6E (XE), 7A, 7B, 7C (ZE). SAR Mechanical Department Drawing Office, Drawing L-5618, 1925.
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