South African type XM3 tender
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(P.A. Hyde)
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The South African type XM3 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Transvaal.
The Type XM3 tender entered service in 1904, as tenders to the Class 9 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives which were acquired by the Central South African Railways in that year. In 1912, these locomotives retained their Class 9 designation on the South African Railways.[1][2][3]
Type XM3 tenders were built by Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in England in 1904.[1]
The Central South African Railways (CSAR) placed five Class 9 Pacific type locomotives in service in 1904. The locomotive and tender were designed in 1903 by P.A. Hyde, who assumed the position of Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the CSAR upon its inception in July 1902.[1][2][3]
The Type XM3 entered service as tenders to these locomotives, which were acquired to work the Durban-bound mail trains from Johannesburg as far as Charlestown on the Transvaal-Natal border.[1][2][3]
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