South African type TL tender
Type TL tender on SAR Class 1A
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| Type and origin | |
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| ♠ Tenders no. 1446-1475, 1479-1488 ♥ Tenders no. 765-766, 1289-1309 |
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| Locomotive | SAR Classes 1A, 2C, 3 & 3B |
| Designer | South African Railways |
| Builder | South African Railways |
| In service | c. 1925 |
| Rebuilt from | Type TJ, Type TM |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Configuration | 2-axle bogies |
| Gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge |
| Length | ♠ 24 ft 2 5⁄8 in (7,382 mm) ♥ 24 ft 2 7⁄8 in (7,388 mm) |
| Wheel dia. | 30 in (762 mm) |
| Wheelbase | 16 ft 6 in (5,029 mm) |
| • Bogie | 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Fuel cap. | 8 LT 15 cwt (8.9 t) as rebuilt 11 LT 15 cwt (11.9 t) modified |
| Water cap. | 3,900 imp gal (17,700 l) |
| Stoking | Manual |
| Couplers |
Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin Drawbar & AAR knuckle (1930s) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | South African Railways |
| Numbers | SAR 765-766, 1289-1309, 1446-1475, 1479-1488 |
The South African type TL tender was a steam locomotive tender.
Type TL tenders were rebuilt from Type TJ and Type TM tenders which had entered service between 1909 and 1912. The rebuilding resulted in a tender with a larger coal bunker.
Type TJ tenders entered service on the Natal Government Railways (NGR) in 1909 and 1910, as tenders to the first five locomotives of the Class B 4-8-2 of 1909 and the Classes A 4-6-0 and B 4-8-0 of 1910.
Type TM tenders entered service on the NGR and South African Railways (SAR) in 1911 and 1912, as tenders to the last 25 locomotives of the NGR Class B 4-8-2 and the SAR Class 3B.
These locomotives and tender were designed by NGR Locomotive Superintendent D.A. Hendrie and built by the North British Locomotive Company and the NGR.
From c. 1925, several of the Types TJ and TM tenders were completely rebuilt by the South African Railways (SAR) by mounting a new upper structure on the existing underframe. These rebuilt tenders had a more modern appearance, with flush sides all the way to the top of the coal bunker. They were designated Type TL.
The program to rebuild several older tender types with new upper structures was begun by Colonel F.R. Collins DSO, who approved several of the detailed drawings for the work during his term in office as Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the SAR from 1922 to 1929. It was continued by his successor, A.G. Watson.
In the case of tenders rebuilt from the Type TJ, the rebuilding resulted in a tender with larger water tanks, with the capacity increased from 3,500 to 3,900 imperial gallons (15,900 to 17,700 litres), and a larger coal capacity, increased from 6 long tons (6.1 tonnes) to 8 long tons 15 hundredweight (8.9 tonnes).
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