YC1549 number

Wagons - YC 1549

YC1549 number

YC1549 Badge YC822 Badge Class/No: Yc 822 Type: Yc-1
TMS Type/No: YC 1549 Purpose: Ballast Wagon
Year: Condition: Steel Body
Builder: NZR - East Town State: Stored
Distributed Load: Tare: Z 5 6860 kg
Notes:
Wagon Text: B1 Due, 5 00, Check Due 3-91, B.G.R.A 5, WHO Z 5, Napier District, Capacity 107 m3, Z 5 83


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This wagon was used to discharge ballast (rock) on track. There are two types of ballast wagon, one that discharges between the rails YC and one that discharges outside the rails YF.
YC wagons are four wheel wagons and had restricted speed, thus could not run on express trains. This means to move the wagons on the network they had to run on slow goods or special trains. Modern railways struggle to operate trains at slow speeds as they slow down the fast trains. Replacement bogie-type ballast trains are now used.

YC1549 Side A In the yard - Side A
5 July 2008
YC1549 Side B In the yard - Side B
14 June 2008
YC1549 two badges ID badges.
14 June 2008

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