Original page created on 07/05/2013.
Brand - Reference
Roco 66858
Type
NMBS Tms type 1215B1 wagon with winding roof.
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 21 88 575 6 283-7 | Missing |
Weight
49 g (NEM: 48 to 62 g)
Comments
It’s likely that this is an original Klein Modellbahn model.
No indication of revision, length, etc. I don’t know whether it’s normal for a Belgian wagon.
The roof is easily removed (I left the extra hooks inside). Roco should provide a rolled up roof for loading scenes. The towing hooks are to be mounted. Handrails and buffer handles are present but not inserted. There is an embryo of coupling.
Modifications
Towing hooks mounted. Buffers, wheels, brake blocks painted. Roof weathered (not very successful).
History
According to Matériel ferroviaire à marchandises, this is the Renaud Ducau system shutter type, with two side doors. Series of 30 wagons of original numbers 1.021.700 to 1.021.729, type 1215B1. Internal dimensions: length 8.46 m, width 2.55 m, height 1.98 m, maximum load 26 t.
The picture is that of the very similar SNCF T4, although the internal dimensions don’t match (L = 8.75, W = 2.74, H = 1.98).
UIC No. 01 87 570 6 204.
Documents
- Matériel ferroviaire à marchandises (Belgian Railways) - 1961, in PDF, on the www.tassignon.be website.
- Wagons tombereaux à toiture enroulable by H. Bériot - Le Rail, October 1962, on the rixke.tassignon.be website.
- SNCF 1973 booklet Wagons à marchandises. Characteristics of T4, p. 50.
- Diagram in forum.e-train.fr.
- In Le Train, Archives de la DEV, volume 1, p. 82, we can see on the right of the photo a complete train of T4 at Ivry sur Seine, in July 1993.
Photo SNCF.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall length | 10 500 | 120.7 | 120.3 |
| Chassis length | 8 760 | 100.7 | 106.6 |
| Width | 3 008 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Height | 3 336 | 38.3 | 37.9 |
| Wheelbase | 6 000 | 69.0 | 62.2 1 |
| Wheel diameter | 1 000 | 11.5 | 11.0 |
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