Original page created on 05/08/2016; updated on 02/06/2019.
Brand - Reference
REE WB-371
Type
Fd (MKH = Mechanical opening hopper for coKe and coal — Houille)
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 21 87 615 4 758-5 P | 28.2.73 |
Weight
50 g (NEM: 45 to 59 g).
Comments
Inscriptions :
SGW
7 rue de Bucarest
75008 Paris
Transport de coke et houille
Gare d’attache : Pont à Vendin
HBNPC
64 rue des Mines
Douai
The REE model is equipped with roller axle boxes, while the actual wagon, photographed probably at the end of the 1950s, has plain bearing boxes.
Another difference: the reinforcement gussets located around the body’s belt line on the actual model, but which are not visible in all the photos.
The brake air tank, located under the “humpback” and therefore completely invisible except looking at the wagon perfectly in front, is however present.
The braking marks at the body corners are may-be missing.
See the Loco-Revue Forum.
History
With reservation: wagons built by Arbel - Douai in the second half of the 1950s.
Main characteristics:
- Capacity 63 m3
- Maximum C load 28.1 t
- Tare: 11.44 t
The large capacity of these wagons compared to the MH type makes it possible to load coke (relatively light) at maximum volume. For coal, more dense, the load must be limited to about 38 m3. For this, there are markers (black dots along the body), but I don’t know what is their appearance inside the body (because they are not very useful outside…).
Anonymous photo on forum.e-train.fr.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall length | 9 780 | 112.4 | 113.0 |
| Chassis length | 99.2 | ||
| Width | 3 130 1 | 36.0 | 35.5 |
| Height | 46.3 | ||
| Wheelbase | 5 000 | 57.5 | 57.5 |
| Wheel diameter | 1000 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
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This wagon seems well reproduced to me, but expensive compared to its relative design simplicity, in comparison with the Electrotren’s MH hoppers, more complex to achieve and yet lower price.
Operator: Houillères du bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais (HBNPC) — Coal mines of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais basin. Management: Société de gérance de wagons (SGW) — Wagon management company.