Sffggmrrss
Sffggmrrss articulated pocket wagon
S — Flat, special, bogies
Longer articulated pocket unit. Fewer couplings per metre of train means less slack action and a better payload-to-tare ratio on long runs.
Specification
- Tare
- 44 t
- Payload
- 116 t
- Gross on rail
- 160 t
- Axle load
- 20 t
- Axles
- 8
- Over buffers
- 45 m
- Deck height
- 270 mm
- 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
- 12 wagons
- 550 m train · 1392 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 16 wagons
- 740 m train · 1856 t payload
- Extended
- 18 wagons
- 835 m train · 2088 t payload
Worked example.2320 t needs 20 × Sffggmrrss, which is 167% of a 550 m train (12 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 270 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") 2861 mm total | ✓+1104 | ✓+1104 | ✓+1159 | ✓+1159 | ✓+1419 | ✓+1459 | ✓+1459 | ✓+1789 | ✓+2439 | ✓+1863 | ✓+2321 | ✓+3286 | ✓+1104 | ✓+4239 |
| High-cube (9'6") 3166 mm total | ✓+799 | ✓+799 | ✓+854 | ✓+854 | ✓+1114 | ✓+1154 | ✓+1154 | ✓+1484 | ✓+2134 | ✓+1558 | ✓+2016 | ✓+2981 | ✓+799 | ✓+3934 |
| Swap body 2940 mm total | ✓+1025 | ✓+1025 | ✓+1080 | ✓+1080 | ✓+1340 | ✓+1380 | ✓+1380 | ✓+1710 | ✓+2360 | ✓+1784 | ✓+2242 | ✓+3207 | ✓+1025 | ✓+4160 |
| P400 semi-trailer 4270 mm total | ✗-305 | ✗-305 | ✗-250 | ✗-250 | ✓+10 | ✓+50 | ✓+50 | ✓+380 | ✓+1030 | ✓+454 | ✓+912 | ✓+1877 | ✗-305 | ✓+2830 |
Margins in millimetres. A load clearing by less than 50 mm needs the operator to confirm the specific path before booking.