Falns
Falns self-discharging hopper
F — Hopper, self-discharging
Gravity discharge through bottom doors. A rake can be emptied over a pit without uncoupling, which is what makes heavy-haul bulk economics work.
Specification
- Tare
- 24 t
- Payload
- 66 t
- Gross on rail
- 90 t
- Axle load
- 22.5 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 14.04 m
- Volume
- 73 m³
- Max speed
- 100 km/h
How many fit in a train
The binding limit is usually the shortest passing loop on the route, not the locomotive.
- European norm
- 39 wagons
- 550 m train · 2574 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 52 wagons
- 740 m train · 3432 t payload
- Extended
- 59 wagons
- 835 m train · 3894 t payload
Worked example.1320 t needs 20 × Falns, only 51% of a 550 m train (39 wagons). A block train at this volume means paying to haul empty space — the path and the locomotive cost the same whether the train is full or not. Wagonload consolidates your wagons with other traffic, at a higher per-tonne rate but no volume commitment, and adds 1–4 days of marshalling dwell.
Loading gauge clearance
No deck height is published for this type, so clearance cannot be computed. For a hopper, self-discharging the governing constraint is usually the discharge arrangement rather than height.