LIGHT WAGONS FOR COMBINED TRAFFIC BRUSSEL AUTHOR: SERGE MÉTRAL (SNCF)

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF I AM + From the SNCF Centre d'Ingénierie du Matériel (Rolling Stock Engineering Centre) + Speaker for TSI WAG and TSI LOC&PAS + Member of SET 03 of UIC 2 Serge MÉTRAL

CENTRE D’INGÉNIERIE DU MATÉRIEL WHO ARE WE ? ROLLING STOCK ENGINEERING CENTRE Part of the SNCF Rolling Stock Division, located at Le Mans Over 70 years of experience in railway rolling stock engineering 250 technicians & engineers with cutting-edge technical skills covering 90 technological and scientific railway disciplines 3 Serge MÉTRAL

Comprehensive know-how Specification, support to development, design and installation of railway rolling stock and its equipment, Assistance to project management for all rolling stock Know-how upgraded by analysis of operational feedback and technology watch Clients : Operators - Manufacturers - Equipment suppliers - Rolling stock and wagon operators - Wagon owners - Organising Authorities - Institutional bodies - Infrastructure managers CENTRE D’INGÉNIERIE DU MATÉRIEL WHO ARE WE ? 4 Serge MÉTRAL

WHAT WE DO ? Technical responsibilities Project Management Safety and braking equipment Diesel engine Bogies and bearing equipment Propulsion and energy conversion Body structure and interior fittings Systems engineering and transverse functions 5 Serge MÉTRAL

WHAT WE DO ? Services Procurement and refurbishment of rolling stock Assessment and diagnostics Functional and technical standards drafting Safety equipment integration and qualification Verification of component compliance with standards & regulations Assistance and advice for rolling stock design and homologation All engineering services available with & Serge MÉTRAL

SUMMARY 1. Need of Railway Undertaken 2. Description of the light wagon 7 SERGE MÉTRAL

8 NEED OF RAILWAY UNDERTAKEN It exists a 2-axles wagon for block train But Need of short wagon with an UTI of 36 t able to operate at 120 km/h higher height for the ILU Cost equivalent of 2-axles wagon Better productivity with a low tare weight

SERGE MÉTRAL 9 in France, for 120 km/h limits: 700 m and 1400 t Two parameters: PRODUCTIVITY

SERGE MÉTRAL 10 2-AXLES WAGON Built for 22,5 t/axle Tare weight 13 t Height of the loading plane 1150 mm More expensive equipment Brake disc or special wheels Suspension S2000

SERGE MÉTRAL 11 LIGHT WAGON Built for 14 t/axle Tare weight 16 t Payload 40 t Height of the loading plane 900 mm Standard equipment Composite brake blocks Bogies for 140 km/h

SERGE MÉTRAL axles Wagon Light wagon (one end is equipped with UIC coupling) DIAGRAMS

SERGE MÉTRAL light wagons légers for NAVILAND CARGO and NOVATRANS (3 triples, 4 doubles, 2 simples) Running behaviour tests with tare weight 14 t (results not satisfactory) Placing into service at 120 km/h after ballasting (tare weight 16 t) (Summer 2000) EXISTING WAGONS

THANK YOU 14 It is not a light wagon