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The South African Railways (SAR) era began in 1910, upon the amalgamation of the three former Colonial railways, the CGR, NGR and Central South African Railways (CSAR). ). Since many tender types are interchangeable between different locomotive classes and types, most South African tender steam locomotives could be equipped with a variety of different tender types, with different coal and ...
Type MY tenders were built in 1949 by the North British Locomotive Company. [1]The Class 24 2-8-4 Berkshire type steam locomotive was designed by Dr. M.M. Loubser, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1939 to 1949, to replace the old Classes 6, 7 and 8 locomotives in branchline service on light rail in South Africa and especially in South West Africa.
The South African type EW2 tender was a steam locomotive tender. Type EW2 tenders were rebuilt from Type CZ tenders which had entered service between 1953 and 1955 as steam condensing tenders to the Class 25 4-8-4 Northern type condensing steam locomotives .
The tender rode on six-wheeled bogies. To enable longer runs to be undertaken between watering stops in the Karoo and to skip bad watering places, they were the largest tenders to have been used in South Africa up to that time and, as originally designed, would have had a water capacity of 10,000 imperial gallons (45,500 litres) and a coal capacity of 18 long tons (18.3 tonnes).
Pages in category "Steam locomotive tenders of South Africa" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The South African type CZ tender was a condensing steam locomotive tender. Type CZ tenders entered service between 1953 and 1955, as tenders to the Class 25 4-8-4 Northern type condensing steam locomotives which entered service on the South African Railways in those years. One more tender was built by the Railways in 1963. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The South African type MT tender was a steam locomotive tender. Type MT tenders entered service between 1928 and 1945, as tenders to the Classes 12A , 19B , 19C and 19D 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives which were placed in service by the South African Railways during that period.
The South African type JT tender was a steam locomotive tender. Type JT tenders first entered service in 1935 as tenders to the Class 15E 4-8-2 Mountain and Class 16E 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives which were placed in service by the South African Railways in that year. Until 1946, more entered service as tenders to more Class 15E and the ...