Zaes
Zaes tank wagon
Z — Tank
Chemical tank with a lining matched to the product. Tank wagons are rarely interchangeable between products without cleaning.
Specification
- Tare
- 24 t
- Payload
- 64 t
- Gross on rail
- 88 t
- Axle load
- 22 t
- Axles
- 4
- Over buffers
- 16 m
- Volume
- 80 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
- 34 wagons
- 550 m train · 2176 t payload
- TEN-T corridor
- 46 wagons
- 740 m train · 2944 t payload
- Extended
- 52 wagons
- 835 m train · 3328 t payload
Worked example.1280 t needs 20 × Zaes, only 59% of a 550 m train (34 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 tank the governing constraint is usually the discharge arrangement rather than height.