South African type ZC tender

South African type ZC tender

Type ZC tender (5½ LT) on CGR 7th Class of 1902

Type and origin ♠ 5½ long tons coal capacity ♥ 6½ long tons coal capacity Locomotive ♠ CGR 7th Class of 1896 ♠ CGR 7th Class of 1902 ♠ IMR 7th Class ♥ NCCR 7th Class of 1899 ♥ NCCR 7th Class of 1913 ♠ RR 7th Class Designer Cape Government Railways (H.M. Beatty) Builder ♠ Dübs and Company ♠ Kitson and Company ♠ Neilson and Company ♠♥ Neilson, Reid and Company ♠♥ North British Locomotive Co. ♠ Sharp, Stewart and Company In service ♠ 1896-1902 - ♥ 1899-1913 Rebuilder South African Railways Rebuild date c. 1925 Rebuilt to Type ZE

Specifications Configuration 2-axle bogies Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Length 23 ft 8 7⁄8 in (7,236 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 ♠ 8 LT 10 cwt 2 qtr (8,662 kg) av. ♥ 9 LT 1 cwt (9,195 kg)  • Front bogie ♥ 17 LT 8 cwt (17,680 kg)  • Rear bogie ♥ 18 LT 2 cwt (18,390 kg) Weight empty ♥ 38,960 lb (17,670 kg) Weight w/o ♠ 34 LT 2 cwt (34,650 kg) ♥ 35 LT 10 cwt (36,070 kg) Fuel type Coal Fuel cap. ♠ 5 LT 10 cwt (5.6 t) ♥ 6 LT 10 cwt (6.6 t) Water cap. 2,600 imp gal (11,800 l) Stoking Manual Couplers Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin Drawbar & AAR knuckle (1930s)

Career Operators Cape Government Railways Bechuanaland Railway Imperial Military Railways Imvani-Indwe Railway New Cape Central Railway Rhodesia Railways South African Railways Sudan Military Railway Numbers SAR 949, 988-1068, 1344-1355, 1357-1359

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

The Type ZC tender first entered service in 1896, as tenders to the second version of the 7th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotive to be acquired by the Cape Government Railways. These locomotives were designated Class 7A on the South African Railways in 1912.

Type ZC tenders were built between 1896 and 1913 by Dübs and Company, Kitson and Company, Neilson and Company, Neilson, Reid and Company, North British Locomotive Company and Sharp, Stewart and Company.

The original 7th Class locomotive and tender had been designed at the Salt River works of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) in Cape Town in 1892, under the supervision of H.M. Beatty, the CGR Western System's Locomotive Superintendent. Between 1896 and 1901, the CGR placed 46 more 7th Class locomotives in service, which would be designated Class 7A on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1912.

The Type ZC first entered service in 1896 as tenders to these locomotives. Until 1913, all further 7th Class locomotives which were acquired by the CGR, Imperial Military Railways (IMR), Rhodesia Railways (RR) and New Cape Central Railway (NCCR) were delivered with Type ZC tenders.

A second version of the Type ZC tender, with a larger coal capacity, entered service on the NCCR as tenders to its 7th Class locomotives of 1899-1904 and 1913, which would respectively be designated Classes 7E and 7F on the SAR in 1925.

As built, the first version of the tender had a coal capacity of 5 long tons 10 hundredweight (5.6 tonnes), while the second had a capacity of 6 long tons 10 hundredweight (6.6 tonnes), with maximum axle loads of 8 long tons 10 hundredweight 2 quarters (8,662 kilograms) and 9 long tons 1 hundredweight (9,195 kilograms) respectively. Both versions had a water capacity of 4,000 imperial gallons (18,200 litres).