South African type XF tender

South African type XF tender

Type XF tender (6 LT) on CSAR Class 8-L2

Type and origin ♠ 6 long tons coal capacity ♥ 10 long tons coal capacity ♣ 11¾ long tons coal capacity Locomotive ♥ IMR 8th Class ♥ CGR 8th Class of 1902 (3rd) ♥ CSAR Class 8-L2 ♥ CSAR Class 8-L3 ♥ CGR 8th Class of 1904 ♠ SAR Class ME Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder ♥ Neilson, Reid and Company ♠♥ North British Locomotive Co. ♥ Sharp, Stewart and Company ♥ South African Railways In service ♠♥ 1902-1912 Rebuilt from ♥♣ Types XC, XD, XE1 Rebuilder South African Railways Rebuild date c. 1925

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 ♠ 9 LT 14 cwt (9,856 kg) ♥ 11 LT 3 cwt 2 qtr (11,350 kg) ♣ 12 LT 1 cwt (12,240 kg)  • Front bogie ♠ 18 LT 4 cwt (18,490 kg) ♥♣ 20 LT 14 cwt (21,030 kg)  • Rear bogie ♠ 19 LT 8 cwt (19,710 kg) ♥ 22 LT 7 cwt (22,710 kg) ♣ 24 LT 2 cwt (24,490 kg) Weight empty ♥ 44,032 lb (19,973 kg) Weight w/o ♠ 37 LT 12 cwt (38,200 kg) ♥ 43 LT 1 cwt (43,740 kg) ♣ 44 LT 16 cwt (45,520 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. ♠ 6 LT (6.1 t) ♥ 10 LT (10.2 t) ♣ 11 LT 15 cwt (11.9 t) Water cap. ♠♥♣ 3,000 imp gal (13,600 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin Drawbar & AAR knuckle (1930s)

Career Operators Imperial Military Railways Cape Government Railways Central South African Railways South African Railways Numbers SAR 1082-1191, 1234-1243, 1618

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

Type XF tenders first entered service in 1902, as tenders to the 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives which were acquired by the Imperial Military Railways in that year. These locomotives were designated Class 8A on the South African Railways in 1912.

Type XF tenders were built between 1901 and 1912 by Neilson, Reid and Company, North British Locomotive Company and Sharp, Stewart and Company.

The original 8th Class locomotive and tender was designed in 1901 by H.M. Beatty, Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the Cape Government Railways (CGR), at its Salt River works in Cape Town. The Type XF first entered service in 1902, as tender to the forty 8th Class locomotives which were built for the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) by Neilson, Reid and Sharp, Stewart. The tender's design could therefore possibly be credited to Lieutenant Colonel E.P.C. Girouard KCMG DSO RE, Director of Railways of the IMR. When the Central South African Railways (CSAR) was established from the IMR at the end of the Second Boer War, these locomotives were designated Class 8-L1.

As built, the tenders had a coal capacity of 6 long tons (6.1 tonnes). By 1941, most of them had their coal bunkers enlarged, either by having their bunker sides raised or by being rebuilt with a completely new upper structure mounted on their original frames. At that stage, only tender no. 1618, which entered service with the sole Class ME locomotive in 1912, was still on record with its as-built coal capacity and a maximum axle load of 9 long tons 14 hundredweight (9,856 kilograms).

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.