Fads “EX” hopper REE

Brand - Reference

REE WB-121 et WB-207

Type

Fads “EX” hopper

UIC number	Revision date
21 87 067 8 653-8 P	24.10.73
21 87 067 9 111-6 P	20.6.72
21 87 067 9 131-4 P	19.6.72
21 87 067 9 273-4 P	27.6.72

Weight

58 g (NEM: 69 to 90 g).
80 to 83 g after ballasting and loading (86 g for hopper with tail lamps, equipped with an anti-blinking capacitor circuit).

Comments

Fine engraving. Spring buffers which tend to fall down.

No. 131 has functional tail lamps, at the cost of the absence of railing and coupling. In addition, these lamps do not conform to the IVa era. The current is collected by strips rubbing inside the rear bogie wheel flanges. The contact is poor: the lamps blink, even when the wagon is ballasted. The problem is therefore at the current pickup strips.

No. 111 is registered Fad instead of Fads, but it still has a load chart "S"?

See:

• forum.e-train.fr (Loco-Revue).
• forum.e-train.fr chargement des trémies EX Jouef (loading Jouef EX hoppers), many photos of the real wagons.
• forum-train.fr.

Modifications

History

1100 wagons built from 1971 to 1973 by Arbel for various carriers: STEMI, SITRAM, Denain Nord-Est, Arbel-Fer, SIMOTRA, etc. Transport of blast furnace slag, sand, gravel.

Main characteristics: capacity 58 m³ ; tare 18,5 t ; load 61,5 t ; bogies Y27 E.

Note: the end railings existed at the beginning, but were dismantled later (see recent photo).

Documents

• forums.photos-de-trains.net (broken link).
• Photos of loading on the Loco-Revue forum.