South African type XF2 tender

South African type XF2 tender

Type XF2 (7½ LT) on CGR 9th Class, c. 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 23 ft 7 7⁄8 in (7,210 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 ♠ 9 LT 11 cwt (9,703 kg) ♥ 10 LT 18 cwt (11,070 kg)  • Front bogie ♠ 19 LT 2 cwt (19,410 kg) ♥ 20 LT 8 cwt (20,730 kg)  • Rear bogie ♠ 20 LT 12 cwt (20,930 kg) ♥ 21 LT 16 cwt (22,150 kg) Weight empty 42,128 lb (19,109 kg) Weight w/o ♠ 39 LT 14 cwt (40,340 kg) ♥ 42 LT 4 cwt (42,880 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. ♠ 7 LT 10 cwt (7.6 t) ♥ 10 LT (10.2 t) Water cap. ♠♥ 3,000 imp gal (13,600 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin

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

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. The two tenders were not identical.

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

The tenders 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 two tenders were not identical. The tender of the 9th Class had a coal capacity of 7 long tons 10 hundredweight (7.6 tonnes) and a maximum axle load of 9 long tons 11 hundredweight (9,703 kilograms), while the tender of the 10th Class had a coal capacity of 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes) and a maximum axle load of 10 long tons 18 hundredweight (11,070 kilograms). Both had a water capacity of 3,000 imperial gallons (13,600 litres).

On the South African Railways (SAR) roster, the two locomotives were designated Classes Experimental 5 and Experimental 6 respectively in 1912. 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 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.