Wagons

Date: 2003-02-24
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 229 items (243 items total)
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A new type of coal wagon that I saw a few examples of at Ghodadongri on the NGP-ET section. The wagon can hold a payload of 70 tonnes and itself weighs 22 tonnes. Thats a total of 92 tonnes on 4 axles. An axle load of 23 tonnes. Note the increased height

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A new variant to BOXN? BOXNLW rake awaits departure. The entire rake had BOXNLW wagons, sporting a lovely green band on top ()

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Central buffer coupling of BCNA rake , look at the LV board,
the rake is terminated without a caboose . (Ashwin Rao)

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A closer view of 24 axle freight carrier of AAPL carrying vessel built by BHEL. Rajahmundry, July 2004. By M. S. M. Saifullah.

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A Sapthagiri liveried caboose spotted Kavaraipettai. 03/08/2008. (Krishna Kumar.S)

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Refurbished and going strong this old caboose caught at Chichonda station on the NGP-ET route. (Vivek Mathur)

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Special frieght carrier at AKP (2).This snap ot the frieght rake was shot from 2718 VSKP-BZA ratnachal exp on 02-06-08 at AKP stn.This load was on a 24 axle wagon(?) with a CC of 260 tonnes bound for farakka.There were 5 empty BCNA wagons on both ends and

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Special frieght carrier at AKP (3).This snap ot the frieght rake was shot from 2718 VSKP-BZA ratnachal exp on 02-06-08 at AKP stn.This load was on a 24 axle wagon(?) with a CC of 260 tonnes bound for farakka.There were 5 empty BCNA wagons on both ends and

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Special frieght carrier at AKP (4).This snap ot the frieght rake was shot from 2718 VSKP-BZA ratnachal exp on 02-06-08 at AKP stn.This load was on a 24 axle wagon(?) with a CC of 260 tonnes bound for farakka.There were 5 empty BCNA wagons on both ends and

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Special frieght carrier at AKP (5).This snap ot the frieght rake was shot from 2718 VSKP-BZA ratnachal exp on 02-06-08 at AKP stn.This load was on a 24 axle wagon(?) with a CC of 260 tonnes bound for farakka.There were 5 empty BCNA wagons on both ends and

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Special frieght carrier at AKP (1).This snap ot the frieght rake was shot from 2718 VSKP-BZA ratnachal exp on 02-06-08 at AKP stn.This load was on a 24 axle wagon(?) with a CC of 260 tonnes bound for farakka.There were 5 empty BCNA wagons on both ends and

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Another "Desi" caboose modified from BCXC wagons (Atleas that is what is written on the wagon!). All these experiments are done by the coaching centre at Ernakulam. Will we see a caboose made from a passenger coach soon?

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This is not an ancient coach from a railway museum. This looks like a BCNA modified into a caboose. Fancy traveling in one of these? The poor guard can now travel like a Maharajah

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The Pakistani Railway's goods wagon standing idle at Attari. 24th October 2007. By Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer

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Dont know how many of us have spotted this different wagon classified as BOBS... Spotted after Guntakal, enroute Mumbai.. -by Vijay Aravamudhan