Original page created on 24/04/2024.
Brand - Reference
REE WB-550
Type
Rkmmp 5.31
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 21 87 387 8 693-6 | 26.10.66 |
Weight
44 g (NEM: 56 to 73 g)
Comments
The stake height doesn’t match any of the types cited by rma-49.fr in the history below, but there have been so many alterations that it is probably impossible to be definitive on this point.
See Loco-Revue Forum.
History
This series of flat wagons was registered with the SNCF as type USA 1918 R5.31. UIC numbering: 21 87 387 8 200 to 9 999. Source: Ferrovissime Special Issue No 5, Flat wagons.
Quote from Loco-Revue sheet.
These wagons were introduced into France by the American army in 1917/18 (Pershing and Felton equipment), then, after the end of hostilities, were taken over by the Ministry of Public Works (Travaux publics), before being distributed in 1920/21 between the major networks (except Alsace-Lorraine), and incorporated into their respective fleets.
Quote from rma-49.fr (link below).
Metal stakes were added by some networks. Their size and number per wagon varied greatly.[…] some (25) modified from “cold” wagons with 8 stakes measuring 1.27 m, without end shields.[…] MIDI fitted them with 8 stakes of 1.33 m per side.
Documents
- Loco-Revue sheet
No. 520 / 31975 - 74 d 44 (older series). Sheet preview.
- American bogie wagons (known as TP 1917) on rma-49.fr.
- History on REE Modèles website.
Photo Alain Cassagnau on Patrimoine ferriviaire français.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall length | 12 143 | 139.6 | 140.2 |
| Chassis length | 11 043 | 126.9 | 127.1 |
| Width | 2 673 | 30.7 | 30.0 |
| Width over stakes | 2 836 | 32.6 | 34.1 |
| Height floor 1 | 1 235 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| Pivot distance | 7 995 | 91.9 | 91.0 |
| Bogie base | 1 676 | 19.3 | 19.1 |
| Wheel diameter | 840 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| D | B | U | |
| 0.8 | 14.4 2 | 24.3 | |
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Document available as a PDF.
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specifying the title of the document-s.
For conditions, see page
Loco-Revue documentary sheets. .
Finely crafted wagon; spring-loaded buffers (an unnecessary refinement for me); stakes fitted with real lashing rings.
The chassis has full braking equipment, including the typical single handbrake wheel. The stiffener system is very thin — much thinner than that of the Fleischmanns.