Sgns
Sgns container flat
S — Flat, special, bogies
The workhorse of European intermodal. A 60-foot deck takes three 20ft, one 40ft or one 45ft unit. If you picture a European container train, you are picturing these.
Specification
- Tare
- 20 t
- Payload
- 69 t
- Gross on rail
- 89 t
- Axle load
- 22.25 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 19.74 m
- Loading length
- 18.5 m
- Deck height
- 1155 mm
- Max speed
- 120 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
- 27 wagons
- 550 m train · 1863 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 37 wagons
- 740 m train · 2553 t payload
- Extended
- 42 wagons
- 835 m train · 2898 t payload
Worked example.1380 t needs 20 × Sgns, which is 74% of a 550 m train (27 wagons). That is enough to justify running a block train: it goes origin to destination without being marshalled, so it avoids the 1–4 days of yard dwell wagonload adds, and the per-tonne rate is lower because the path and traction are spread over a full train.
Loading gauge clearance
Whether a load clears the tunnels and bridges, on this wagon's 1155 mm deck. This is not track gauge — see the track gauge checker for whether the wheels can run on a given network.
| Load | W6A 3965 | W8 3965 | W10 4020 | W12 4020 | GA 4280 | GB 4320 | GB1 4320 | GC 4650 | 1-T 5300 | plate-c 4724 | plate-f 5182 | plate-h 6147 | sa-cape 3965 | dfc 7100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40ft standard (8'6") 3746 mm total | ✓+219 | ✓+219 | ✓+274 | ✓+274 | ✓+534 | ✓+574 | ✓+574 | ✓+904 | ✓+1554 | ✓+978 | ✓+1436 | ✓+2401 | ✓+219 | ✓+3354 |
| High-cube (9'6") 4051 mm total | ✗-86 | ✗-86 | ✗-31 | ✗-31 | ✓+229 | ✓+269 | ✓+269 | ✓+599 | ✓+1249 | ✓+673 | ✓+1131 | ✓+2096 | ✗-86 | ✓+3049 |
| Swap body 3825 mm total | ✓+140 | ✓+140 | ✓+195 | ✓+195 | ✓+455 | ✓+495 | ✓+495 | ✓+825 | ✓+1475 | ✓+899 | ✓+1357 | ✓+2322 | ✓+140 | ✓+3275 |
| P400 semi-trailer 5155 mm total | ✗-1190 | ✗-1190 | ✗-1135 | ✗-1135 | ✗-875 | ✗-835 | ✗-835 | ✗-505 | ✓+145 | ✗-431 | ✓+27 | ✓+992 | ✗-1190 | ✓+1945 |
Margins in millimetres. A load clearing by less than 50 mm needs the operator to confirm the specific path before booking.