| South African type MP tender | |
| Locomotive: | Class 19A |
| Designer: | South African Railways (Col F.R. Collins DSO) |
| Builder: | Swiss Locomotive and Machine |
| Date: | 1929 |
| Wheelarr: | 2-axle bogies |
| Length: | 25feet |
| Wheeldiameter: | 340NaN0 |
| Wheelbase: | 16feet |
| Bogie: | 4feet |
| Axleload: | 12lt |
| Bogie 1: | 25lt |
| Bogie 2: | 25lt |
| Tenderempty: | 51020lb |
| Tenderworking: | 50lt |
| Fueltype: | Coal |
| Fuelcap: | 9lt |
| Watercap: | 4250sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3 |
| Stoking: | Manual |
| Coupling: | Drawbar & AAR knuckle |
| Operator: | South African Railways |
| Fleetnumbers: | SAR 675-710 |
See main article: article and South African steam locomotive tenders.
The South African type MP tender was a steam locomotive tender.
Type MP tenders entered service in 1929, as tenders to the Mountain type branch line steam locomotives which were placed in service by the South African Railways in that year.[1] [2]
Type MP tenders were built in 1929 by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in Winterthur.
The South African Railways (SAR) placed 36 Class 19A 4-8-2 Mountain type branch line locomotives in service in 1929. The engines and tenders were designed by Col F.R. Collins DSO as a lighter version of the locomotive which had entered service in 1928. The locomotives were placed in service on all systems of the SAR, but were later based mainly at Mason's Mill, Estcourt and Glencoe in Natal, at East London, Queenstown and Burgersdorp in the Eastern Cape, at Cape Town in the Western Cape and a few in the Western Transvaal.[3]
The tender had a coal capacity of 9lt, a water capacity of 4250sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3 and a maximum axle load of 12lt.[1] [2]
Only the 36 Class 19A locomotives were delivered new with Type MP tenders, which were numbered for their engines in the range from 675 to 710. An oval number plate, bearing the engine number and often also the tender type, was attached to the rear end of the tender.[2]
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 "M_" tenders could be used with the locomotive classes as shown below, although in some cases engine drawbars and intermediate emergency chains had to be replaced or adjusted to suit the target locomotive.[2]
The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_P" tenders had a capacity of 4250impgal.[2]
A number, when added after the letter code, indicates differences between similar tender types, such as function, wheelbase or coal bunker capacity.[2]