Laeks
Laeks car transporter
L — Flat, special, independent wheels
Articulated double-deck car carrier with an adjustable upper deck for mixed vehicle heights.
Specification
- Tare
- 25 t
- Payload
- 26 t
- Gross on rail
- 51 t
- Axle load
- 12.75 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 26 m
- Deck height
- 1000 mm
- Max speed
- 120 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
- 21 wagons
- 550 m train · 546 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 28 wagons
- 740 m train · 728 t payload
- Extended
- 32 wagons
- 835 m train · 832 t payload
Worked example.520 t needs 20 × Laeks, which is 95% of a 550 m train (21 wagons). That is enough to justify running a block train: it goes origin to destination without being marshalled, so it avoids the 1–4 days of yard dwell wagonload adds, and the per-tonne rate is lower because the path and traction are spread over a full train.
Loading gauge clearance
Whether a load clears the tunnels and bridges, on this wagon's 1000 mm deck. This is not track gauge — see the track gauge checker for whether the wheels can run on a given network.
| Load | W6A 3965 | W8 3965 | W10 4020 | W12 4020 | GA 4280 | GB 4320 | GB1 4320 | GC 4650 | 1-T 5300 | plate-c 4724 | plate-f 5182 | plate-h 6147 | sa-cape 3965 | dfc 7100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40ft standard (8'6") 3591 mm total | ✓+374 | ✓+374 | ✓+429 | ✓+429 | ✓+689 | ✓+729 | ✓+729 | ✓+1059 | ✓+1709 | ✓+1133 | ✓+1591 | ✓+2556 | ✓+374 | ✓+3509 |
| High-cube (9'6") 3896 mm total | ✓+69 | ✓+69 | ✓+124 | ✓+124 | ✓+384 | ✓+424 | ✓+424 | ✓+754 | ✓+1404 | ✓+828 | ✓+1286 | ✓+2251 | ✓+69 | ✓+3204 |
| Swap body 3670 mm total | ✓+295 | ✓+295 | ✓+350 | ✓+350 | ✓+610 | ✓+650 | ✓+650 | ✓+980 | ✓+1630 | ✓+1054 | ✓+1512 | ✓+2477 | ✓+295 | ✓+3430 |
| P400 semi-trailer 5000 mm total | ✗-1035 | ✗-1035 | ✗-980 | ✗-980 | ✗-720 | ✗-680 | ✗-680 | ✗-350 | ✓+300 | ✗-276 | ✓+182 | ✓+1147 | ✗-1035 | ✓+2100 |
Margins in millimetres. A load clearing by less than 50 mm needs the operator to confirm the specific path before booking.