South African type YB tender

{{Infobox steam tender

| name = South African type YB tender

| image = SAR Class 6 433 (4-6-0) ex CGR 357-OVGS 62-CSAR 338.jpg

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| caption = Type YB tender on CGR 6th Class of 1893

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| locomotive = CGR 6th Class of 1893

| designer = Cape Government Railways
(H.M. Beatty)

| builder = Dübs and Company

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| date = 1893-1894

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| wheelarr = 3-axle

| gauge = {{Track gauge|Cape|allk=on}}

| length = {{convert|20|ft|5+7/8|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| bogies =

| wheeldiameter = {{convert|37|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| wheelbase = {{convert|10|ft|mm|0|abbr=on}}

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| axleload = {{convert|9|lt|17|lcwt|kg|sigfig=4|abbr=on}} average

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| tenderempty = {{convert|31560|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| tenderworking = {{convert|29|lt|11|lcwt|kg|sigfig=4|abbr=on}}

| fueltype = Coal

| fuelcap = {{convert|5|lt|10|lcwt|t|1|abbr=on}}

| watercap = {{convert|2370|impgal|L|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}

| stoking = Manual

| coupling = Drawbar & Johnston link-and-pin

| operator = Cape Government Railways
Central South African Railways
Imperial Military Railways
OVGS
South African Railways
Sudan Railways

| fleetnumbers = SAR 401-440

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

The Type YB tender entered service in 1893, as tenders to the first {{nowrap|6th Class}} {{nowrap|4-6-0}} Tenwheeler type steam locomotives to be acquired by the Cape Government Railways. These locomotives were designated Class 6 on the South African Railways in 1912.{{Holland-Vol 1|pages=44-45, 57}}South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 Aug 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. p. 41.South African Railways & Harbours/Suid Afrikaanse Spoorweë en Hawens (15 Aug 1941). Locomotive Diagram Book/Lokomotiefdiagramboek, 2'0" & 3'6" Gauge/Spoorwydte, Steam Locomotives/Stoomlokomotiewe. SAR/SAS Mechanical Department/Werktuigkundige Dept. Drawing Office/Tekenkantoor, Pretoria. pp. 6a-7a, 41.

Manufacturer

Type YB tenders were built by Dübs and Company in 1893 and 1894.

The Cape Government Railways (CGR) placed its first forty {{nowrap|6th Class}} {{nowrap|4-6-0}} Tenwheeler type steam locomotives in service in 1893 and 1894. The locomotive and tender were designed in 1892 at the Salt River works in Cape Town, under the supervision of Western System Locomotive Superintendent H.M. Beatty.

The Type YB entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were distributed between the Western and Midland Systems of the CGR. In 1912, these locomotives were designated Class 6 on the South African Railways (SAR).

Characteristics

The tender had a coal capacity of {{convert|5|lt|10|lcwt|t|1|abbr=off}}, a water capacity of {{convert|2370|impgal|L|sigfig=3|abbr=off}} and an average maximum axle load of {{convert|9|lt|17|lcwt|kg|sigfig=4|abbr=off}}.

Locomotive

Only Class 6 locomotives were delivered new with Type YB tenders. 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. Bearing in mind that tenders could and did migrate between engines, the Type YB tenders should have been numbered in the SAR number range from 401 to 440.Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 14, 28 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)

Classification letters

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:

The second letter indicates the tender's water capacity. The "_B" tenders had a capacity of {{convert|2370|impgal|sigfig=3|abbr=off}}.

References

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