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Col André Kritzinger's Collection
 
5/2/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Type: Container
MSCU Class:   42G1
User Notes:   MSC

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SAR Class SM-10 (Side B)
Title:  SAR Class SM-10 (Side B)
Description:  Class SM-10 (SMJ-10, SMLJ-10, SM-14, SMLJ-14, SM-24, SMJ-24, SMLJ-24) wagons entered service between 1973 and 1974 and were converted from Class FP-4 wagons 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 23 895 004 to 23 910 070, Length between couplers 13.732m, Length over headstocks 12.192m, Length between bogie pivot centres 9.292m, Deck height 1.059m, Width 2.438m, Tare (average) 17,500kg, Load 48,000kg, Deck area 29.7m3.
Photo Date:  4/4/2005  Upload Date: 6/15/2009 8:24:45 PM
Location:  Table Bay, Cape Town, WC, ZA
Author:  Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  RollingStock
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MSC 42G1 MSCU 404751 1
Title:  MSC 42G1 MSCU 404751 1
Description:  MSC 40 Foot Dry 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:  4/4/2005  Upload Date: 7/27/2017 10:39:48 AM
Location:  Table Bay, Cape Town, WC, ZA
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Transit
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