Fccpps
Fccpps ballast hopper
F — Hopper, self-discharging
Controlled-discharge hopper that places ballast to either side of the track for engineering trains.
Specification
- Tare
- 22 t
- Payload
- 58 t
- Gross on rail
- 80 t
- Axle load
- 20 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 14 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
- 39 wagons
- 550 m train · 2262 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 52 wagons
- 740 m train · 3016 t payload
- Extended
- 59 wagons
- 835 m train · 3422 t payload
Worked example.1160 t needs 20 × Fccpps, only 51% of a 550 m train (39 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 hopper, self-discharging the governing constraint is usually the discharge arrangement rather than height.