B-Standard covered wagon LS Models

Brand - Reference

LS Models 30011

Type

B-Standard Gs 2.12 with Murphy roof

UIC number	Revision date
21 87 128 9 517-4	13.7.71

Weight

45 g (NEM: 48 to 63 g) ; 61 g after ballasting.

Comments

The suspensions (tie rods, guard plates, axle boxes) 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 sharing code 2 instead of 3 is not wrong, because according to Ferrovissime No. 7, some wagons were liable, in the 1970s, to be downgraded by reducing their maximum load.

Modifications

• Chassis straightened, ballast and hooks mounted.
• Chassis stiffeners straightened.

History

The B-Standard covered wagons were delivered in 2492 units by the American industry in 1949. UIC registration 21 87 128 7 000 to 9 549 Gs 3.12. Former registration K (v) 324 751 to 327 250. End in 1984. They are characterized by their stamped sheet two-pitched “Murphy” roof.

Documents

• Loco-Revue sheet No. 360 / 71 b 30 (former series)
• Loco-Revue No. 504 (May 88) p. 398.
• Loco-Revue Special Issue Real Railways No. 2 (April 1999) p. 6, photo 14.
• SNCF 1973 booklet Wagons à marchan­dises, p. 30. Characteristics.
• Ferrovissime Special Issue No. 7, p. 80 to 82.