Original page created on 17/07/2011.
LS Models 30163 and 30188 (2 wagons)
110 m3 Uahs liquefied gas tank wagon
UIC number | Revision date |
21 87 006 5 053-2 P | 31.2.81 |
21 87 007 5 706-3 P | 14.4.72 |
21 87 007 5 793-1 P | 12.1.71 |
111 / 114 g (NEM: 89 to 115 g)
There seems to be a lot of mistakes on this series of wagons (chassis length in particular). See the Loco-Revue Forum.
Ref. 30163: tank with spherical ends.
Ref. 30188: tanks with elliptical ends. The pivot axes are too tight. One must “bore” with a ⌀ 3.5 mm drill to restore a normal clearance. Some buffers are (well) stuck crooked. These Astragal wagons are based in Miramas (near Marseille), a little far from the North of France…
Wagons built in the 1960s probably by Fauvet-Girel.
Note: the tank wagons received the series letter Z after the modification of the UIC numbering in 1980. But, previously, they entered in the “catch-all” series U. To distinguish under this letter of the very varied types (liquid or gas tanks, cereals hoppers, cement silos, etc.), a subscript letter was used, namely h for tanks, which gave Uh for a 2-axle tank and Uah for a bogie tank.
So, LS Models faultly attributes the Uas literal marking to their era IVa gas tank wagons on their website, since it lacks the h subscript letter specific to tanks. Nevertheless, the registration is correct on the wagons, which is still essential.
Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
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Overall length 1 | 19 400 | 223.0 | 223.0 |
Overall length 2 | 18 440 | 212.0 | |
Chassis length 1 | 18 160 | 208.7 | 208.7 |
Chassis length 2 | 17 200 | 197.7 | |
Tank diameter | 3 000 | 34.5 | 34.5 |
Height | 4 424 3 | 50.9 | 50.0 |
Pivot distance | 13 400 | 154.0 | 154.5 |
Bogie wheelbase | 1 800 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
Wheel diameter | 920 | 10.6 | 10.5 |
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