South African type XC1 tender

South African type XC1 tender

300px Type XC1 tender on CGR 6th Class of 1897

Type and origin Locomotive CGR 6th Class of 1897 OVGS 6th Class L3 Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder Dübs and Company Neilson and Company Neilson, Reid and Company Sharp, Stewart and Company In service 1897-1898 Rebuilder South African Railways Rebuild date c. 1930 Rebuilt to Type XE

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 16 ft 1 in (4,902 mm)  • Bogie 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm) Axle load  • Front bogie  • Rear bogie Weight empty 38,400 lb (17,400 kg) Weight w/o Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. 5 LT 10 cwt (5.6 t) Water cap. Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Bell link-and-pin Drawbar & AAR knuckle (c. 1930s)

Career Operators Cape Government Railways OVGS Imperial Military Railways Central South African Railways Benguela Railway South African Railways Numbers SAR 490-540, 598-603

Main article: South African steam locomotive tenders

The South African type XC1 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

The Type XC1 tender first entered service in 1897, as tenders to the third batch of 6th Class 4-6-0 Tenwheeler type steam locomotives to be acquired by the Cape Government Railways. These locomotives were designated Class 6B on the South African Railways in 1912.

Manufacturer

Type XC1 tenders were built in 1897 and 1898 by Dübs and Company, Neilson and Company, Neilson, Reid and Company and Sharp, Stewart and Company.

The original 6th Class locomotive and tender had been designed at the Salt River works of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) in Cape Town in 1892, under the supervision of Western System Locomotive Superintendent H.M. Beatty. In 1897 and 1898, the CGR placed a third batch of 55 6th Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service, which would be designated Class 6B on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1912.

The Type XC1 entered service as tenders to these locomotives. More entered service in 1898, as tenders to the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen (OVGS) 6th Class L3.

Classification

Since many tender types are interchangeable between different locomotive classes and types, a tender classification system was adopted by the SAR and these tenders were designated Type XC1.

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.

Two locomotive classes were delivered new with Type XC1 tenders. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, these tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number blocks as shown.

• 1897: CGR 6th Class of 1897, SAR Class 6B, numbers 490 to 540.
• 1898: OVGS 6th Class L3, SAR Class 6E, numbers 598 to 603.

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:

• CGR Mountain, SAR Class 4
• SAR Class 4A
• SAR Class 5
• CGR 6th Class of 1897, SAR Class 6B
• OVGS 6th Class L3, SAR Class 6E
• CGR 6th Class of 1901 (Neilson, Reid), SAR Class 6H
• CGR 6th Class of 1902, SAR Class 6J
• CGR 8th Class of 1902, SAR Class 8
• Imperial Military Railways 8th Class, SAR Class 8A
• Central South African Railways Class 8-L2, SAR Class 8B
• Central South African Railways Class 8-L3, SAR Class 8C
• CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 of 1903, SAR Class 8D
• CGR 8th Class Experimental, SAR Class 8E
• CGR 8th Class 4-8-0 of 1904, SAR Class 8F
• CGR 8th Class 2-8-0 of 1903, SAR Class 8Y
• CGR 8th Class 2-8-0 of 1904, SAR Class 8Z
• Central South African Railways Class 9, SAR Class 9
• Central South African Railways Class 10, SAR Class 10
• Central South African Railways Class 10-2 Saturated, SAR Class 10A
• Central South African Railways Class 10-2 Superheated. SAR Class 10B
• Central South African Railways Class 10-C, SAR Class 10C
• Central South African Railways Class 11, SAR Class 11
• CGR 9th Class of 1903, SAR Class Experimental 4
• CGR 9th Class of 1906, SAR Class Experimental 5
• CGR 10th Class, SAR Class Experimental 6
• SAR Class ME
• Central South African Railways 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.

Modification and rebuilding

Modification

Builder's works pictures of both these locomotives show them with the same 5 long tons 10 hundredweight (5.6 tonnes) coal capacity Type XC1 tender.

Pictures of most of these locomotives in service, however, show them with Type XC1 tenders with built-up sides to the coal bunker, to increase the coal capacity. Early versions of the built-up coal bunker sides were in the form of a slatted open-top cage, made of rectangular steel rods. In the second example depicted below, one the four CGR locomotives which were sold to the Benguela Railway in Angola in 1907, is shown with a Type XC1 tender with such a slatted extension of extraordinary proportions. Later SAR versions were constructed of sheet-metal.

Rebuilding

Between 1912 and 1941, probably c. 1930, some of the Type XC1 tenders were completely rebuilt by the SAR, by mounting a completely new upper structure on the existing underframe. These rebuilt tenders had a more modern appearance, with smooth sides all the way to the top. The new tank increased the water capacity from and these rebuilt tenders were reclassified to Type XE.

• Class 6B 494 (4-6-0) CGR 206.jpg

  Type XC1 with slatted top on SAR Class 6B, c. 1930

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  Type XC1 with slatted top on Benguela Railway 6th Class, 1972

• Class6b 537.jpg

  Type XC1 with sheet-metal top on SAR Class 6B, 2009