| South African type YC tender | |
| Hatnote: | ♠ 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 |
| Date: | 1896-1898 |
| Wheelarr: | 3-axle |
| Length: | 21feet |
| Wheeldiameter: | 370NaN0 |
| Wheelbase: | 100NaN0 |
| Axleload: | ♠ 10lt average 11lt av. |
| Tenderempty: | ♠ 33056lb |
| Tenderworking: | ♠ 31lt 33lt |
| Fueltype: | Coal |
| Fuelcap: | ♠ 5lt 7lt |
| Watercap: | ♠ 2590sigfig=4NaNsigfig=4 2600sigfig=4NaNsigfig=4 |
| Stoking: | Manual |
| Coupling: | Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin Drawbar & AAR knuckle (1930s) |
| Operator: | Cape Government Railways OVGS |
| Fleetnumbers: | SAR 441-489, 541-559, 561-597 |
See main article: article and South African steam locomotive tenders.
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 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.[1] [2]
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.[1] [2]
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.[1] [2]
The tender, as built, had a coal capacity of 5lt, a water capacity of 2590sigfig=4NaNsigfig=4 and an average maximum axle load of 10lt.
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.[2] [3]
Three locomotive classes were delivered new with Type YC 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.[1] [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 "Y_" tenders could be used with the following locomotive classes:[2]
The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_C" tenders had a capacity of between 2590and.[2]
The original slatted upper sides of the tender's coal bunker were often replaced by sheet-metal sides. Some Type YC tenders were fitted with new tanks and modified to increase their coal capacity from 5lt to 7lt. The new tank was slightly bigger, which increased the water capacity from 2590to. The maximum average axle load of the modified tender was 11lt.[1] [2]