Uagps
Uagps granulate silo wagon
U — Special purpose
Larger-volume silo for light granulates, where volume binds before mass.
Specification
- Tare
- 24 t
- Payload
- 56 t
- Gross on rail
- 80 t
- Axle load
- 20 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 15 m
- Volume
- 60 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
- 36 wagons
- 550 m train · 2016 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 49 wagons
- 740 m train · 2744 t payload
- Extended
- 55 wagons
- 835 m train · 3080 t payload
Worked example.1120 t needs 20 × Uagps, only 56% of a 550 m train (36 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 special purpose the governing constraint is usually the discharge arrangement rather than height.