South African type XC tender

South African type XC tender

Type XC tender on CSAR Class 10-C

Type and origin Locomotive CSAR Class 10-C Designer Central South African Railways (G.G. Elliot) Builder North British Locomotive Company In service 1910-1911 Rebuilder South African Railways Rebuild date c. 1925 Rebuilt to Type XF

Specifications Configuration 2-axle bogies Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length 22 ft 3 1⁄8 in (6,785 mm) Wheel dia. 33 1⁄2 in (851 mm) as built 34 in (864 mm) retyred Wheelbase 14 ft 7 in (4,445 mm)  • Bogie 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm) Axle load 8 LT 18 cwt (9,043 kg)  • Front bogie 17 LT (17,270 kg)  • Rear bogie 17 LT 16 cwt (18,090 kg) Weight empty 38,960 lb (17,670 kg) Weight w/o 34 LT 16 cwt (35,360 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. 5 LT (5.1 t) Water cap. 2,600 imp gal (11,800 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin

Career Operators Central South African Railways South African Railways Numbers SAR 767-778

The South African type XC tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.

The Type XC tender entered service in 1910 and 1911, as tenders to the Class 10-C 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives which were acquired by the Central South African Railways. These locomotives were designated Class 10C on the South African Railways in 1912.

Twelve Type XC tenders were built in 1910 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL).

The Central South African Railways (CSAR) placed twelve Class 10-C Pacific type locomotives in service in 1911 and 1912. The locomotive and tender were designed in 1910 by G.G. Elliot, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the CSAR, at its Pretoria works.

The Type XC entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were acquired for light passenger working on the Reef.

The tender had a maximum axle load of 8 long tons 18 hundredweight (9,043 kilograms), a coal capacity of 5 long tons (5.1 tonnes) and a water capacity of 2,600 imperial gallons (11,800 litres; 3,120 US gallons).

Only the Class 10C locomotives were delivered new with Type XC tenders. 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 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. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, these tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number range from 767 to 778.

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 can be coupled. The "X_" tenders could be used with the locomotive classes as shown.

The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_C" tenders had a capacity of between 2,590 and 2,600 imperial gallons (11,770 and 11,820 litres; 3,110 and 3,122 US gallons).