South African type XC1 tender

South African type XC1 tender

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. 1925 Rebuilt to Type XE

Specifications Configuration 2-axle bogies Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length 23 ft 9 1⁄8 in (7,242 mm) Wheel dia. 33 1⁄2 in (851 mm) 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 8 LT 16 cwt 2 qtr (8,967 kg)  • Front bogie 16 LT 12 cwt (16,870 kg)  • Rear bogie 17 LT 13 cwt (17,930 kg) Weight empty 38,400 lb (17,400 kg) Weight w/o 34 LT 5 cwt (34,800 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. 5 LT 10 cwt (5.6 t) Water cap. 2,600 imp gal (11,820 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin Drawbar & AAR knuckle (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

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.

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.

As built, the tender had a maximum axle load of 8 long tons 16 hundredweight 2 quarters (8,967 kilograms), a coal capacity of 5 long tons 10 hundredweight (5.6 tonnes) and a water capacity of 2,600 imperial gallons (11,800 litres; 3,120 US gallons).

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 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.