Cereal hopper Uagps Jouef

Original page created on 29/03/2014; updated on 29/08/2022.

Brand - Reference

Jouef HJ6115-2 (one of two wagons), HJ6149-2 (one of two wagons) and HJ6246 (two wagons).

Type

Uagps cereal hopper of 94 m3, curved side walls.

UIC number Revision date
33 87 933 9 341-8 P 15.10.82
Home base: Saint Pierre des Corps
21 87 097 8 693-1 P 17.7.75
Home base: Florange
33 87 934 5 185-1 P 17.3.82
Home base: Paris La Chapelle-Plaine
33 87 933 3 715-9 P 12.11.90
Home base: Corbeil-Essones

Weight

92 to 94 g (NEM: 70 to 91 g)

Comments

Era IVb (1980 to 1990).

Wheels ⌀ 10.3 (for 10.6 real), axles 25.3 between ends.

Fine engraving. Spring buffers. Generally finer than its flat sided colleague (example: ladder). The height is too low of more than 1 mm, which would not be too troublesome if that of the flat-sided wagons was not too high of 0.8 mm, which gives a very visible offset when the two types are coupled together.

The wagons ref. 6246 of the 2022 generation have the following modifications: wheels ⌀ 10.1; 1.1 mm flanges; back-to-back wheel spacing 14.3 (NEM 14.5 ± 0,1); axle length 25 mm.

These wagons have a less well-fitted body than their predecessors: gaps can be seen between the body and the ends on the one hand, and the chassis on the other. The gangway railings are askew on both wagons. The dummy hooks cannot be fitted as they are, because their tenon measures 1.7 × 2.3 mm whereas the mortise of the buffer beam measures 1.5 × 2 mm…

The Millet wagon, item no. HJ6246-1, has very different emptying hatches than the others. See the photo of the real wagon below. According to Patrick Sambourg on the Loco-Revue forum, it is part of a sub-series of over 800 units numbered from 33 87 934 5 000 to 5 8xx. In fact, the number of the Millet is actually within this range.

The CTC wagon HJ6246-2 has only two towing hooks at one end. I don’t know if this is compliant.

See Loco-Revue Forum.

Modifications

  • HJ6115 : wheels and buffers painted. Rust weathering on top of the wagon, by means of the Tamiya weathering kit.
  • HJ6149 : wheels and buffers painted. Hooks weathered.
  • Wagons raised by 0.5 mm by adding a spacer between the pivot piece and the bogie frame. 3-point suspension created (originally, there are four bearing points, at the level of the bogie assembly screws, which allows no movement of a bogie relative to the other).

History

Wagons built from 1974 by Fauvet-Girel. Those with hopper covers crank-operated from the platform are more recent (1980?).

Capacity: 94 m3. Tare: about 20.6 t. Bogies Y25 CS2.

Documents

M.R.O cereal hopperM.R.O cereal hopper

TMF cereal hopperTMF cereal hopper

C.T.C. cereal hopperC.T.C. cereal hopper

Uagps cereal hopper

Photo Patrick Sambourg on wagons-europe.net.

Marcel Millet cereal hopperMarcel Millet cereal hopper

Uagps cereal hopper

Photo Patrick Sambourg on wagons-europe.net (broken link).

Dimension Actual 1:87 Model
Overall length 15 390 176.9 175.7
Chassis length 14 150 162.6 162.7
Width 3 098 35.6 36.0
Height 4 270 49.1 47.9
Pivot distance 10 350 119.0 119.0
Bogie wheelbase 1 800 20.7 20.7
Wheel diameter 920 10.6 10.3