Rail Wagons Reference

Flat Wagon: Types & Details

Rail Wagons: Flat Wagons

A flat wagon is essentially a bare deck, with no roof and sides that are either missing entirely or low enough to fold down, so cargo can be worked from above or from the side instead of through a door opening.

These wagons handle containers, machinery, steel products, timber, vehicles and oversized loads that no enclosed design would take. Since nothing physically contains the cargo, it all rides on lashing to fixed deck points, so the securing plan matters as much as the wagon does.

Eight-axle open wagon

Eight-axle open wagon
  • Loading capacity: 70 ton
  • Tare weight: 29.9 ton

Six-axle all-metal open wagon

Six-axle all-metal open wagon
  • Loading capacity: 66 ton
  • Tare weight: 21 ton

Four-axle all-metal open wagon

Four-axle all-metal open wagon
  • Loading capacity: 56 ton
  • Tare weight: 34 ton

Four-axle open wagon

Four-axle open wagon
  • Loading capacity: 73 ton
  • Tare weight: 27 ton

Four-axle open wagon with solid car body

Four-axle open wagon with solid car body
  • Loading capacity: 93 ton
  • Tare weight: 29 ton

Four-axle wagon for containers of middle tonnage on open wagon base

Four-axle wagon for containers of middle tonnage on open wagon base
  • Loading capacity: 70 ton
  • Tare weight: 24 ton

Four-axle all-metal wagon for pulp chips

Four-axle all-metal wagon for pulp chips
  • Loading capacity: 60 ton
  • Tare weight: 22 ton

Four-axle open hopper for hot pellet

Four-axle open hopper for hot pellet
  • Loading capacity: 72 ton
  • Tare weight: 18.24 ton

Four-axle hopper-batcher with connecting gangway

Four-axle hopper-batcher with connecting gangway
  • Loading capacity: 20 ton
  • Tare weight: 26 ton