South African type XF2 tender

South African type XF2 tender

300px Type XF2 tender (7½ LT) on CGR 9th Class of 1906

Type and origin ♠ 7½ long tons coal capacity ♥ 10 long tons coal capacity Locomotive ♠ CGR 9th Class of 1906 ♥ CGR 10th Class Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder Kitson and Company In service 1906

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 42,128 lb (19,109 kg) Weight w/o ♠ ♥ Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. ♠ 7 LT 10 cwt (7.6 t) ♥ 10 LT (10.2 t) Water cap. ♠♥ Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Bell link-and-pin

Career Operators Cape Government Railways South African Railways Numbers ♠ SAR 948 - ♥ SAR 1244

Main article: South African steam locomotive tenders

The South African type XF2 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

Two Type XF2 tenders entered service in 1906, as tenders to the 9th Class 2-8-2 Mikado type and 10th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type experimental steam locomotives, of which one each were acquired by the Cape Government Railways in that year. On the South African Railways roster, the two locomotives were designated Classes Experimental 5 and Experimental 6 respectively in 1912.

Manufacturers

Both Type XF2 tenders were built in 1906 by Kitson and Company.

The tenders, which were not identical in fuel capacity, entered service as tenders to the CGR 9th Class and CGR 10th Class of 1906, both experimental locomotives. The locomotives and tenders were designed by H.M. Beatty, the Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the Cape Government Railways (CGR), at the Salt River works in Cape Town. The tender of the 9th Class had a bunker capacity of 7 long tons 10 hundredweight (7.6 tonnes), while the tender of the 10th Class had a coal capacity of 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes).

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 two tenders were designated Type XF2.

Type XF2 tender (10 LT) on CGR 10th Class

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.

Only these two experimental locomotives were delivered new with Type XF2 tenders and were renumbered to the SAR numbers as shown.

• 1906: CGR 9th Class of 1906, SAR Class Experimental 5, no. 948.
• 1906: CGR 10th Class, SAR Class Experimental 6, no. 1244.

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
• Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen 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 "_F" tenders had a capacity of .

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