WAGON REPORT
THE third fleet of wagons financed by Swiss firm Wascosa for Network Rail/GB Railfreight infrastructure operations, FEA-W multi-modal flats, are now arriving in large numbers. In total 260 flats (Euro-type Sgnss) Nos. 81 70 4524 001-4 to 260-6 are on order, supplied by Greenbrier Europe from its Polish facility at WagonySwidnica.
They are similar to earlier
FEA deliveries, with changes including ‘spats’ over the bogies plus compact buffing and drawgear. A variety of engineering modules will be carried by the wagons, allowing them to replace existing ‘Salmon/Tench/Mullet’ wagons that date back to the 1950s.
Overall length is 21.1 metres, deck height 980mm, inner wheelbase 14.74 metres. Maximum payload is 61.3 tonnes and tare weight 20.7 tonnes. Fabricated Y33 bogies are fitted having a wheelbase of 2.0 metres, and the tyre profile is P10.
Unusually, they have also been seen in intermodal traffic from Southampton Western Docks, replacing Ermewa SAowned IFA ‘Multifret’ flats (Euro type Sffgmss) many of which are now stored in Bescot yard together with large numbers of similar DB Cargo-owned ‘Eurotwin’ sets.
■ MORE FWA ‘Ecofret2’ flats delivered by WH Davis from Langwith Junction are Nos. 83 70 4520 324-4 to 329-1 outers and Nos. 83 70 4521 098-1 to 100-5 inners. Further HYA aggregate hopper conversions for Touax Rail have been Nos. 371074-077/080 and Nos. 37 70 6791 000-2/028-3/037-4/0481/051-5/068-9.
■ NEWLY-registered track machines are ZWA Plasser & Theurer Unimat 09-4x4/4S integrated twin section dynamic tampers Nos. DR 75014/015. Alternative EVN identities are Nos. 99 70 9123 014-1/015-8. Also recently added to stock is Linsinger HSM SF06-UK milling train Nos. DR 79104/105, which also carry Nos. 99 70 9127 008-9 and 99 70 9327 002-0.
■ ARRIVALS at Loram, Derby for conversion into open box wagons from side-tippers have been Network Rail MRA’s Nos. 501028/046/088/106/202204/256-258.
■ ARLINGTON Fleet Services, Eastleigh, has refurbished a batch of IPA doubledeck automotive carriers. Owned by French company Groupe Cat, they are in use on the two-way flow of new Toyota cars between Toton Yard, Nottinghamshire, and the Continent. Modifications to allow the transportation of larger cars have also been made to TALT 4000 four-element sets (design code IPE 893, Euro type Laaefooss) Nos. 23 87 4375 002-4/004-0/007-3/008-1/0123/018-0/019-8/020-6/0222/024-8/040-4/047-9/0487/049-5/050-3 and TALT 489 twin-sets (Euro type Laaefooss, design code IPE 791) Nos. 23 87 4392 595-6/598-0/601-2/6632/692-1/710-1/714-3/7176/748-1. ■ WITH over a thousand JNA-T (type Ealnos) bogie box opens delivered by Greenbrier Europe over the past decade, it was inevitable that a cull of older stock would take place. Disposals have been JXA scrap opens Nos. VTG 3100/109/ 110/114/119/121/123-125/132/ 135/136/142/148/150/153/154, JNA aggregate opens Nos. VTG 3161/163-165, KEA spoil carriers Nos. VTG 3171/ 174/179/186/189-191/ 204/ 218-220/222/232-234/239/ 241/242/247/251/252/254/255. Air braked wagons sent for scrap by DB Cargo from Toton include ZCA ‘Bass’ opens Nos. 110269/353/374/ 591/661/714/791, ZCA ‘Sea Urchin’ spoil opens Nos. 200388/462, MFA spoil opens Nos. 391246/303/346/380/530. The influx of new MLA-W gondola wagons has triggered the mass withdrawal of elderly MHA/MPA ‘Coalfish’ spoil and ballast opens. Recently sent to European Metals Recycling, Attercliffe, Sheffield for scrap have been Nos. 394123/128/ 264/ 349/361/375/406/537/ 577/ 638/ 640/671/ 695/727/ 819/858/ 874/886/898/904/ 917/926/ 938/942/ 946/949/ 950/957/ 961/962/967- 969/ 979/981/ 983/990-992/ 999, Nos. 396000/003/007/ 009/ 010/018/ 022/023/025/ 027/ 028/035/ 036/038/ 040/ 049/ 051/ 053/054/058/ 060-062/ 065/068/ 072/074/ 077/080/ 083/084/086/089/ 091/ 092/ 152.