Fals
Fals hopper wagon
F — Hopper, self-discharging
Shorter hopper for dense minerals where volume is never the limit.
Specification
- Tare
- 23 t
- Payload
- 62 t
- Gross on rail
- 85 t
- Axle load
- 21.25 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 12.54 m
- Volume
- 68 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
- 43 wagons
- 550 m train · 2666 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 59 wagons
- 740 m train · 3658 t payload
- Extended
- 66 wagons
- 835 m train · 4092 t payload
Worked example.1240 t needs 20 × Fals, only 47% of a 550 m train (43 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.