South African Class MF 2-6-6-2

CSAR Mallet 2-6-6-2 Superheated
South African Class MF 2-6-6-2

SAR no. 1620, ex CSAR no. 1016, c. 1920

Type and origin
♠ Locomotive numbers 1619-1627 ♥ Locomotive numbers 1629-1633
Power type	Steam
Designer	American Locomotive Company
Builder	American Locomotive Company
Serial number	49115-49123, 50039-50043
Model	CSAR Mallet
Build date	1910-1911
Total produced	14

Specifications
Configuration	2-6-6-2 (Prairie Mallet)
Driver	3rd & 6th coupled axles
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Leading dia.	28 ¹⁄₂ in (724 mm)
Coupled dia.	46 in (1,168 mm)
Trailing dia.	28 ¹⁄₂ in (724 mm)
Tender wheels	♠ 34 in (864 mm) ♥ 30 in (762 mm)
Wheelbase	♠ 65 ft 6 in (19,964 mm)
• Engine	40 ft 3 in (12,268 mm)
• Coupled	8 ft 4 in (2,540 mm) per unit
• Tender	♠ 17 ft 11 in (5,461 mm) ♥ 17 ft 10 in (5,436 mm)
• Tender bogie	♠ 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm) ♥ 5 ft 10 in (1,778 mm)
Length:
• Over couplers	♠ 73 ft 7 ¹⁄₄ in (22,435 mm)
Height	12 ft 10 ³⁄₈ in (3,921 mm)
Frame type	Bar
Axle load	15 LT 3 cwt (15,390 kg)
• Leading	7 LT 12 cwt (7,722 kg)
• 1st coupled	14 LT 14 cwt (14,940 kg)
• 2nd coupled	14 LT 3 cwt (14,380 kg)
• 3rd coupled	13 LT 19 cwt (14,170 kg)
• 4th coupled	15 LT 3 cwt (15,390 kg)
• 5th coupled	14 LT 15 cwt (14,990 kg)
• 6th coupled	14 LT 15 cwt (14,990 kg)
• Trailing	7 LT 12 cwt (7,722 kg)
• Tender bogie	♠ 27 LT 12 cwt (28,040 kg) each ♥ 25 LT 10 cwt (25,910 kg) av.
• Tender axle	♠ 13 LT 16 cwt (14,020 kg) ♥ 12 LT 15 cwt (12,950 kg) av.
Adhesive weight	87 LT 9 cwt (88,850 kg)
Loco weight	102 LT 13 cwt (104,300 kg)
Tender weight	♠ 55 LT 4 cwt (56,090 kg) ♥ 51 LT (51,820 kg)
Total weight	♠ 157 LT 17 cwt (160,400 kg) ♥ 153 LT 13 cwt (156,100 kg)
Tender type	♠ XS (2-axle bogie) ♥ XM4 (2-axle bogie)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	♠♥ 10 LT (10.2 t)
Water cap	♠ 5,000 imp gal (22,700 l) ♥ 4,000 imp gal (18,200 l)
Firebox type	Round-top
• Firegrate area	49.5 sq ft (4.60 m²)
Boiler:
• Pitch	7 ft 9 in (2,362 mm)
• Diameter	6 ft ¹⁄₈ in (1,832 mm)
• Tube plates	19 ft 10 ¹⁄₈ in (6,048 mm)
• Small tubes	151: 2 ¹⁄₄ in (57 mm)
• Large tubes	25: 5 ³⁄₈ in (137 mm)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (1,379 kPa)
Safety valve	Ramsbottom
Heating surface	2,615.6 sq ft (243.00 m²)
• Tubes	2,459.6 sq ft (228.50 m²)
• Firebox	156 sq ft (14.5 m²)
Superheater:
• Type	Schmidt
• Heating area	559 sq ft (51.9 m²)
Cylinders	Four
High-pressure cylinder	18 in (457 mm) bore 26 in (660 mm) stroke
Low-pressure cylinder	28 ¹⁄₂ in (724 mm) bore 26 in (660 mm) stroke
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Couplers	Bell link-and-pin

Performance figures
Tractive effort	45,900 lbf (204 kN) @ 50%

Career
Operators	Central South African Railways South African Railways
Class	Class MF
Number in class	14
Numbers	CSAR 1015-1023 SAR 1619-1627, 1629-1633
Delivered	1911
First run	1911
Withdrawn	1939

The South African Railways Class MF 2-6-6-2 of 1911 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Transvaal.

In 1911, the Central South African Railways placed nine Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and designated Class MF. Five more of these locomotives were delivered in November 1911 and were numbered directly onto the South African Railways roster.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Manufacturer

Nine Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives, which were delivered to the Central South African Railways (CSAR) in 1911, were built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1910 and 1911. They were erected at the Durban workshops in March 1911 and were very similar to the experimental Class MD which had been delivered in 1910, except that the new locomotives were equipped with Schmidt superheaters. The engines had Walschaerts valve gear and Type XS tenders, with a coal capacity of 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes) and a water capacity of 5,000 imperial gallons (22,700 litres). They were numbered in the range from 1015 to 1023.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Compound expansion

In a compound locomotive, steam is expanded in phases. After being expanded in a high pressure cylinder and having then lost pressure and given up part of its heat, it is exhausted into a larger volume low pressure cylinder for secondary expansion, after which it is exhausted through the smokebox. By comparison, in the more usual arrangement of simple expansion (simplex), steam is expanded just once in any one cylinder before being exhausted through the smokebox.^[1]^[6]

In the compound Mallet locomotive, the rear set of coupled wheels are driven by the smaller high pressure cylinders, which are fed steam from the steam dome, via the superheater. Their spent steam is then fed to the larger low pressure cylinders, which drive the front set of coupled wheels.^[1]^[3]

Characteristics

The most noticeable external difference from the experimental Class MD engine was the arrangement of the main steam pipes, necessitated by the superheater. Instead of being led vertically down from the dome directly to the high pressure cylinders, an internal pipe was taken from the regulator valve in the dome to the superheater in the smokebox, from where it was brought back to the high pressure cylinders by external steam pipes, arranged under the running boards.^[2]

South African Railways

When the Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910, the three Colonial government railways (Cape Government Railways, Natal Government Railways and CSAR) were united under a single administration to control and administer the railways, ports and harbours of the Union. Although the South African Railways and Harbours came into existence in 1910, with Sir William Hoy appointed as its first General Manager, the actual classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways required careful planning and was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.^[4]^[7]

In 1912, these locomotives were renumbered in the range from 1619 to 1627 and designated Class MF on the South African Railways (SAR). Five more of the type had been delivered from ALCO in November 1911, but these were numbered in the range from 1629 to 1633, directly onto the SAR roster, marking the introduction of the SAR renumbering scheme under the Union programme. These locomotives were delivered with smaller Type XM4 tenders, with the same coal capacity as the Type XS tenders of the first nine engines, but a smaller water capacity of 4,000 imperial gallons (18,200 litres).^[1]^[3]^[4]^[8]

The new locomotives were erected in the workshops in Pretoria, rather than Durban. The erection of engines away from ports was an innovation which was probably the outcome of experience gained with the Class MD, which had been erected at Durban. While the locomotive was brought to the Transvaal, difficulty was experienced at Drummond and Laing's Nek, where the drain angles on the cab roof struck the sides of the tunnels.^[8]

Service

The Class MF joined the experimental Class MD on the coal traffic line between Witbank and Germiston. They were acquired to improve the traffic flow on this line, with its ruling gradient of one in one hundred (1%), where the increase of traffic and the resultant congestion was causing considerable delays en route, which led to excessive hours of duty being imposed on crews. When the Mallets replaced the existing Class 11 locomotives on this line, train loads could be increased from 900 long tons (914 tonnes) to 1,600 long tons (1,626 tonnes).^[1]^[3]

The Mallets proved to be capable of handling the heavy coal loads. In May 1914, Class MF no. 1620 was used in a test run from Witbank to Germiston, hauling fifty-five bogie wagons with an all-up weight of 1,626 long tons (1,652 tonnes). The 80 miles (129 kilometres) journey was accomplished in seven hours, which included several stops.^[1]^[8]

Modification to simplex

In 1923, engine no. 1620 was converted to a simplex locomotive in the Salvokop shops in Pretoria. Five more, numbers 1621 to 1623, 1631 and 1632, were also converted to simplex locomotives in 1925. Three of these, numbers 1620, 1631 and 1632, were then transferred to East London, where more powerful locomotives were needed, since the mainline had a heavy gradient of one in forty (2½%) which started right at the end of the East London departing platform, making it an extremely difficult section. They appear to have not been up to the task in the Eastern Cape, however, since by 1926 they were observed there, staged out of service.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[8]

They were all withdrawn from service and scrapped by 1939.^[3]

Illustration

The pictures serve to illustrate the compound and simplex versions of the Class MF.

SAR no. 1620, ex CSAR no. 1016 as compound engine, c. 1920
SAR no. 1623 as simplex engine, c. 1930
SAR no. 1627, ex CSAR no. 1023 as compound engine, c. 1912

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 16–19, 140. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
1 2 3 4 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1945. pp. 275-276.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0869772112.
1 2 3 4 Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 9, 12, 16, 47 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
↑ Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 1: 1859-1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 54, 56. ISBN 978-0-7153-5382-0.
↑ Compounding Steam Engines
↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 25.
1 2 3 4 Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, May 1945. p. 347.

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4' 8½" gauge	Cape 0-4-0T Blackie Cape 0-4-2 Cape 2-4-0T CGR 0-4-0ST Aid Natal 0-4-0ST Durban Natal 0-4-0WT Natal Natal 4-4-0T Perseverance

3' 6" gauge Tank engines	CGR 0-4-0ST 1873 CGR 0-4-0ST 1874 CGR 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot CGR 0-6-0ST 1902 CGR 0-6-0T 1876 Back-to-Back CGR 2-6-0ST 1900 CGR 2-6-0ST 1902 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1875 CGR 1st Class 0-4-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0ST 1876 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0T 1875 CGR 2nd Class 4-4-0T 1882 CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T CGR Railmotor CSAR Class C CSAR Class E CSAR Rack CSAR Railmotor DSWA Eight-Coupled Tank 2-8-0T Durban's Congella Durban's Edward Innes Durban's John Milne Durban's Sir Albert Port Elizabeth Harbour 0-4-0ST Kowie Railway 0-6-0T Kowie Railway 4-4-0T Metropolitan & Suburban 4-6-2T NGR 2-6-0T Durban & Pietermaritzburg NGR Class I 2-6-2T NGR Class K 0-4-0ST NGR Class K 0-6-0ST NGR Class K 2-6-0T NZASM 10 Tonner NZASM 13 Tonner NZASM 14 Tonner NZASM 18 Tonner NZASM 19 Tonner NZASM 32 Tonner NZASM 40 Tonner PPR 26 Tonner PPR 35 Tonner Portuguese SAR 0-4-0ST 1903 SAR 0-4-0T no. 69 SAR Class A SAR Class B SAR Class C SAR Class C1 SAR Class C2 SAR Class D SAR Class E SAR Class F SAR Class G SAR Class H SAR Class H1 SAR Class H2 SAR Class J SAR Class K SAR Clayton Railmotor

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