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SAR Class SM-8 (Side A) |
| Description: |
Class SM-8 (SMLJ-8, SM-20, SMJ-20, SMLJ-20) wagons entered service between 1974 and 1975 and were converted from Class OZ-12 in 1988. They are flat wagons with solid decks and flip-over twistlocks designed to transport 8 x 5ft, 4 x 10ft, 2 x 20ft or 1 x 40ft containers. Most have buffers to prevent container doors from being opened (absent on this one).Number range 23 864 451 to 23 872 608, Length between couplers 13.074m, Length over headstocks 12.190m, Length between bogie pivot centres 9.290m, Deck height 1.118m, Width 2.440m, Tare (average) 17,000kg, Load 48,000kg, Deck area 29.7m3. |
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3/14/2006 Upload Date: 12/26/2006 2:45:11 PM |
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Table Bay, Cape Town, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col Andre Kritzinger |
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RollingStock |
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MSC 22U1 MSCU 250899 6 |
| Description: |
MSC 20 Foot Open Top Shipping Container.
The Geneva-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company is the world's second-largest shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity. As of the end of December 2014 MSC was operating 471 container vessels with an intake capacity of 2,435,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). |
| Photo Date: |
3/14/2006 Upload Date: 7/27/2017 10:33:40 AM |
| Location: |
Table Bay, Cape Town, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
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Transit |
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