Original page created on 29/10/2009; updated on 02/06/2019.
LS Models 30013
Gs 3.11 with plywood panels and rounded roof
UIC number | Revision date |
01 87 124 7 008-9 | 3.8.79 |
45 g (NEM: 48 to 63 g) ; 61 g after ballasting.
The suspensions (tie rods, guard plates, axle boxes, either with plain bearings, or roller bearings) are very thin, perhaps too much: the guard plates tend to move away.
The chassis stiffeners are crooked, because they are hindered by the step supports: error of design!
Chassis “banana shaped” (crooked).
Finally, the colour tending to pink is frankly too clear.
The A-Standard covered wagons were delivered in 26,546 units by the American industry in 1947-48. UIC registration 01 87 125 0 000 to 126 4 999 and 21 87 126 5 000 to 127 6 699 Gs 3.11. Former registration K (v) 297 000 to 324 750. End in 1984.
According to the above registration, the LS Models number is false.
However, Sébastien Vincent (broken link) has photographed a former Gs
3.11 registered 01 87 124 7 905-6 (photo above)… Unless these wagons
have changed their numbering when receiving their plywood panels?
Quotation of Gérard Huet.
A and B-Standard covered wagons were supplied in kit by the industry of the USA, and assembled in France on arrival (e.g. the bodies were delivered in four panels — two side faces + two ends).
Photo Sébastien Vincent on photos-ferroviaires.fr (broken link).
Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
---|---|---|---|
Overall length | 10 476 | 120.4 | 121.2 |
Chassis length | 9 260 | 106.4 | 106.3 |
Width | 2 642 | 30.4 | 31.0 |
Height | 3 724 | 42.8 | 42.4 |
Wheelbase | 6 000 | 70.0 | 68.8 |
Wheel diameter | 915 | 10.5 | 10.8 |