South African type XM3 tender

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South African type XM3 tender

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Type XM3 tender on CSAR Class 9
Type and origin
Locomotive CSAR Class 9
Designer Central South African Railways
(P.A. Hyde)
Builder Vulcan Foundry
In service 1904
Specifications
Configuration 2-axle bogies
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Length 25 ft 10 in (7,874 mm) approx.
Wheel dia.33 1⁄2 in (851 mm) as built
34 in (864 mm) retyred
Wheelbase 17 ft 3⁄8 in (5,191 mm)
 • Bogie 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm)
Axle load 11 LT 17 cwt 2 qtr (12,070 kg) av.
 • Bogie 23 LT 15 cwt (24,130 kg) each
Weight empty 44,000 lb (20,000 kg)
Weight w/o 47 LT 10 cwt (48,260 kg)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel cap. 10 LT (10.2 t)
Water cap. 4,000 imp gal (18,200 l)
Stoking Manual
Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin
Career
Operators Central South African Railways
South African Railways
Numbers SAR 727-731

The South African type XM3 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the 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 XM3 tender entered service in 1904, as tenders to the Class 94-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives which were acquired by the Central South African Railways in that year. In 1912, these locomotives retained their Class 9 designation on the South African Railways. [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.

Manufacturer

Type XM3 tenders were built by Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in England in 1904. [1]

Vulcan Foundry defunct British locomotive manufacturer, active 1833–1969

The Vulcan Foundry Limited was an English locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.

Newton-le-Willows town in Merseyside, England, UK

Newton-le-Willows is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is midway between Liverpool and Manchester, about 15 miles (24 km) from each, 4 miles (6 km) east of St Helens, 5 miles (8 km) north of Warrington and 7 miles (11 km) south of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 22,114.

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The Central South African Railways (CSAR) placed five Class 9 Pacific type locomotives in service in 1904. The locomotive and tender were designed in 1903 by P.A. Hyde, who assumed the position of Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the CSAR upon its inception in July 1902. [1] [2] [3]

South African Class 9 4-6-2 class of 5 South African 4-6-2 locomotives

The South African Railways Class 9 4-6-2 of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal Colony.

The Type XM3 entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were acquired to work the Durban-bound mail trains from Johannesburg as far as Charlestown on the Transvaal-Natal border. [1] [2] [3]

Characteristics

As built, the tender had a coal capacity of 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes) and a water capacity of 4,000 imperial gallons (18,200 litres), with a maximum average axle load of 11 long tons 17 hundredweight 2 quarters (12,070 kilograms). [1] [2] [3]

Locomotives

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 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. [3] [4]

Only Class 9 locomotives were delivered new with Type XM3 tenders. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, these tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number range from 727 to 731. [1] [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 could 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 "_M" tenders had a capacity of 4,000 imperial gallons (18,200 litres; 4,800 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 128–129. ISBN   978-0-7153-5382-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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 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. 1 2 Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
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