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Zas

UIC / EVN numbering: 35 50 7965

Vehicle type: freight wagon

Registration country: Germany

Railway companies: DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn

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Era:

Built by:

WBN - ELH Waggonbau Niesky GmbH

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

16'360 mm

Tare weight (t):

25,5 t

Maximum speed (km/h):

120 km/h

Maximum load volume (m³):

85 m³

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80's

In the late 1980's there was a growing demand for large capacity tank wagons in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The Deutsche Reichsbahn commissioned Waggonbau Niesky to manufacture the wagons with the principal dimensions of 16.36 m between the buffers, a load volume of 85 m3, a dead weight of 25.5 t and capable of handling a top speed of 120 km/h. A total of 343 wagons were made. The wagons carried dangerous liquids, such as kerosene, petrol, methanol, diesel oil, etc.

The new wagons didn't spend a long time at DR due to the German reunification. They were taken over by four private companies: NACCO (33 wagons), VTG (33 wagons), ERMEWA (34 wagons) and KVG (243 wagons). All of them ran under DB.

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