South African type YC tender

South African type YC tender

Type YC tender on CGR 6th Class of 1896

Type and origin ♠ Tender as built - ♥ Modified tender Locomotive CGR 6th Class of 1896 CGR 6th Class of 1898 OVGS 6th Class L2 Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder Dübs and Company Neilson and Company Neilson, Reid and Company Sharp, Stewart and Company In service 1896-1898

Specifications Configuration 3-axle Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length 21 ft 2 7⁄8 in (6,474 mm) Wheel dia. 37 in (940 mm) Wheelbase 10 ft (3,048 mm) Axle load ♠ 10 LT 8 cwt (10,570 kg) average ♥ 11 LT 1 cwt 2 qtr (11,250 kg) av. Weight empty ♠ 33,056 lb (14,994 kg) Weight w/o ♠ 31 LT 4 cwt (31,700 kg) ♥ 33 LT 4 cwt (33,730 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. ♠ 5 LT 10 cwt (5.6 t) ♥ 7 LT 10 cwt (7.6 t) Water cap. ♠ 2,590 imp gal (11,770 l) ♥ 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 Numbers SAR 441-489, 541-559, 561-597

The South African type YC tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

The Type YC tender first entered service in 1896, as tenders to the second version of the 6th Class 4-6-0 Tenwheeler type steam locomotives to be acquired by the Cape Government Railways. These locomotives were designated Class 6A on the South African Railways in 1912.

Type YC tenders were built between 1896 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 in Cape Town in 1892, under the supervision of Western System Locomotive Superintendent H.M. Beatty. In 1896 and 1897, the Cape Government Railways (CGR) placed a second batch of fifty 6th Class 4-6-0 locomotives in service, which would be designated Class 6A on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1912.

The Type YC first entered service as tenders to these locomotives. More entered service in 1896, as tenders to the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen (OVGS) 6th Class L2, and in 1898, as tenders to the CGR 6th Class of 1898.

The tender, as built, had a coal capacity of 5 long tons 10 hundredweight (5.6 tonnes), a water capacity of 2,590 imperial gallons (11,770 litres) and an average maximum axle load of 10 long tons 8 hundredweight (10,570 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.