Uacs
Uacs powder silo wagon
U — Special purpose
Pressure-discharge silo for dry powders. Loaded through top hatches, blown out through a pipe — the powder never sees the air.
Specification
- Tare
- 22 t
- Payload
- 58 t
- Gross on rail
- 80 t
- Axle load
- 20 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 13.5 m
- Volume
- 40 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
- 40 wagons
- 550 m train · 2320 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 54 wagons
- 740 m train · 3132 t payload
- Extended
- 61 wagons
- 835 m train · 3538 t payload
Worked example.1160 t needs 20 × Uacs, only 50% of a 550 m train (40 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 special purpose the governing constraint is usually the discharge arrangement rather than height.