South African type XM3 tender

South African type XM3 tender

Type XM3 tender on CSAR Class 9

Type and origin Locomotive CSAR Class 9 Designer Central South African Railways (P.A. Hyde) Builder Vulcan Foundry In service 1904

Specifications Configuration 2-axle bogies Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length 25 ft 10 in (7,874 mm) approx. Wheel dia. 33 1⁄2 in (851 mm) as built 34 in (864 mm) retyred Wheelbase 17 ft 3⁄8 in (5,191 mm)  • Bogie 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm) Axle load 11 LT 17 cwt 2 qtr (12,070 kg) av.  • Bogie 23 LT 15 cwt (24,130 kg) each Weight empty 44,000 lb (20,000 kg) Weight w/o 47 LT 10 cwt (48,260 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. 10 LT (10.2 t) Water cap. 4,000 imp gal (18,200 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin

Career Operators Central South African Railways South African Railways Numbers SAR 727-731

The South African type XM3 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Transvaal.

The Type XM3 tender entered service in 1904, as tenders to the Class 9 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives which were acquired by the Central South African Railways in that year. In 1912, these locomotives retained their Class 9 designation on the South African Railways.

Type XM3 tenders were built by Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in England in 1904.

The Central South African Railways (CSAR) placed five Class 9 Pacific type locomotives in service in 1904. The locomotive and tender were designed in 1903 by P.A. Hyde, who assumed the position of Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the CSAR upon its inception in July 1902.

The Type XM3 entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were acquired to work the Durban-bound mail trains from Johannesburg as far as Charlestown on the Transvaal-Natal border.

As built, the tender had a coal capacity of 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes) and a water capacity of 4,000 imperial gallons (18,200 litres), with a maximum average axle load of 11 long tons 17 hundredweight 2 quarters (12,070 kilograms).

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 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 Class 9 locomotives were delivered new with Type XM3 tenders. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, these tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number range from 727 to 731.

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