| Title: |
SAR Class FZF-7 (Side B) (Type 1) |
| Description: |
Class FZ-7 (FZD-7, FZJ-7, FZLJ-7, FZFJ-7) wagons entered service between 1964 and 1965 and are designed to transport grain. Loading is done through four roof hatches, and unloading either through the two doors on each side or through the end hatches by tilting the wagon about 30 degrees on its end. Some were inherited by TransNamib (the Namibian Railways) upon that country's independence in 1990 and reclassified to Class FZF-7. The type 1 wagons have ribbed roofs.Number range (in SAR service) 81 021 003 to 81 031 971, 81 031 998 to 81 042 361 and 81 042 388 to 81 047 886 (TransNamib wagons are all numbered in the 88 xxx xxx range), Length between couplers 12.139m, Length over headstocks 11,255m, Length between bogie pivot centres 7.315m, Height 3.664m, Width 2.667m, Door width 1.448m, Door height 1.892m, Hatch length 810mm, Hatch width 534mm, Tare (average) 20,270kg, Load 44,000kg, Floor area 27m2, Capacity 67m3. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/2006 Upload Date: 7/2/2009 1:57:00 PM |
| Location: |
Upington, NC, NC |
| Author: |
Andre Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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