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Col André Kritzinger's Collection
 
4/20/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: South African Railways
Type: Flat Car
SAS Class:   SM-4
User Notes:   now SM-18

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SAR Class SM-4 (Side B)
Title:  SAR Class SM-4 (Side B)
Description:  Class SM-4 (SMJ-4, SMLJ-4, SMJ-18, SMLJ-18) wagons entered service in 1987 and are flat wagons with solid decks and retractable 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.

Number range 23 853 018 to 23 856 998, Length between couplers 14.308m, Length over headstocks 12.190m, Length between bogie pivot centres 9.290m, Deck height 1.090m, Width 2.426m, Tare (average) 18,900kg, Load 48,000kg, Deck area 27.5m3.
Photo Date:  2/12/2007  Upload Date: 10/12/2007 2:29:15 PM
Location:  Stikland, Cape Town, WC, ZA
Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  RollingStock
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MSC 42U1 MSCU 454222 2
Title:  MSC 42U1 MSCU 454222 2
Description:  MSC 40 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:  2/12/2007  Upload Date: 7/27/2017 10:53:49 AM
Location:  Stikland, Cape Town, WC, ZA
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Transit
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