South African type YE tender

South African type YE tender

Type YE tender on CGR 6th Class 2-6-4

Type and origin Locomotive CGR Karoo Class of 1903 CGR 6th Class 2-6-2 CGR 6th Class 2-6-4 Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder Kitson and Company Neilson, Reid and Company In service 1901, 1903

Specifications Configuration 3-axle Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length 21 ft 4 3⁄8 in (6,512 mm) Wheel dia. 37 in (940 mm) Wheelbase 10 ft (3,048 mm) Axle load 10 LT 17 cwt (11,020 kg)  • 1st axle 10 LT 8 cwt (10,570 kg)  • 2nd axle 10 LT 15 cwt (10,920 kg)  • 3rd axle 10 LT 17 cwt (11,020 kg) Weight empty 33,164 lb (15,043 kg) Weight w/o 32 LT (32,510 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. 5 LT 10 cwt (5.6 t) Water cap. 2,825 imp gal (12,800 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin

Career Operators Cape Government Railways South African Railways Numbers SAR 711-720, 903 & 904

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

The Type YE tender first entered service in 1901, as tenders to the first four 6th Class 2-6-2 Prairie type steam locomotives of the Cape Government Railways, which were soon modified to a 2-6-4 Adriatic wheel arrangement. These locomotives were designated Class 6Z on the South African Railways in 1912.

Type YE tenders were built by Neilson, Reid and Company in 1901 and Kitson and Company in 1903.

In 1901, the Cape Government Railways (CGR) placed four 6th Class steam locomotives with a 2-6-2 Prairie type wheel arrangement in service. The engines were soon modified to a 2-6-4 Adriatic type wheel arrangement. The locomotive and tender were designed at the Salt River works in Cape Town under the supervision of Western System Locomotive Superintendent H.M. Beatty. They would be designated Class 6Z on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1912.

The Type YE first entered service as tenders to these locomotives. More entered service in 1903, as tenders to the CGR Karoo Class of 1903 and the CGR 6th Class 2-6-2.

The tender had a coal capacity of 5 long tons 10 hundredweight (5.6 tonnes), a water capacity of 2,825 imperial gallons (12,800 litres) and a maximum axle load of 10 long tons 17 hundredweight (11,020 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.

Three locomotive classes were delivered new with Type YE tenders. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, these tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number ranges as shown.