RS:goods

Element goods

Description

The element goods contains the data about freight in the entire vehicle or special compartments.

Das Element goods beinhaltet die Angaben zur Beladung von Güterwagen oder Güterabteilen.

parent

wagon

children

none

attributes

load

This is the allowed payload of freight in metric tons.

volume

This is the available volume, which can be used for the payload of freight, given in cubicle metres.

freightCarType

This is the category of goods vehicle according to its construction. There is a choice out of

• open - open goods wagons (US:gondola) of standard design (UIC Class E wagons) or of special design (UIC Class F wagons), the latter may be also with self-discharging
• covered - with fixed roof for transport of part-load goods or parcels (US:boxcars) as standard classes (UIC Class G wagons), special classes (UIC Class H wagons) or livestock vans (Class V)
• platform - with flat wagon floor and no walls or low walls no higher than 60 cm

with individual axles Class K (standard), Class L (special)

with bogies Class R (standard), Class S (special)

• refrigerated - cooled or refrigerated vans including machine-cooled wagons with their own cooling system (Class I wagons)
• tank - wagons suitable for a wide variety of fluids and gases (UIC Class Z)
• self-discharging - wagons with self-discharging equipment (UIC Class F - open) or (UIC Class T with sliding roof)
• special - special wagons of UIC Class U include powder wagons and low-loading wagons

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