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PEz 20,28 m (21,60 m)

UIC / EVN numbering: 50 87 00-47 / 50 87 00-77 / 50 87 00-87 / 51 87 00-80

Vehicle type: Postal / Luggage car

Registration country: France

Railway companies: PTT - Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones

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In service:

from 1961

Length over buffers (mm):

21'570 mm

Width (mm):

2'960 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'068 mm

Wheelbase (distance between bogies centers) (mm):

14'680 mm

Tare weight (t):

38 - 40 t

Maximum load weight (t):

22 t

Access doors width (mm):

1'060 mm

Access doors height (mm):

1'880 mm

Loading doors width (mm):

1'285 mm

Loading doors height (mm):

1'820 mm

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1961

The prototype of the series is built in 1961 from a PAz 20,28 m (21,60 m) wagon.

The transformation consisted in the creation of 2 large sliding doors on both sides and the elimination of almost all the sorting compartments, except near the central bay where an area for sorting packages is installed.

NB: French postal wagons are split in two main categories:
- "Poste Atelier" or "Poste Ambulant" (PA) - equipped for sorting mail on board by postal workers;
- "Poste Entrepôt" (PE) - used only for mail storage during transport.

Sources: Maurice KNEPPER & Claude POCHET - "La Poste et le rail - 150 ans de véhicules ferroviaires postaux" (1999)

1963

Between 1963 and 1988, 161x additional units are converted from PAz 20,28 m (21,60 m) wagons.

Sources: Maurice KNEPPER & Claude POCHET - "La Poste et le rail - 150 ans de véhicules ferroviaires postaux" (1999)

1983

By the end of the 70s, the French Post opened more and more automatic sorting centres (CTA - "Centre de Tri Automatique") and the mail bags are replaced by mail containers.

In order to allow the transport of the latter, some of these units are transformed into PEz 21,60 m "containerized" wagons from 1983.

Sources: Maurice KNEPPER & Claude POCHET - "La Poste et le rail - 150 ans de véhicules ferroviaires postaux" (1999)

1985

Following the entry into service of the Postal TGV in 1984, the French Post decides to apply the new "Jonquille" yellow livery with a white stripe to its entire fleet from 1985.

Sources: https://docrail.fr/les-ambulants-uic-de-2640m/

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