United Wagon Company (UWC) and Russian pulp and paper plant Volga Paper Company have signed an agreement for the supply of 98 increased payload capacity cars of various types. Under the agreement, 80 platforms (19.5-meter) for the transport of timber and timber products and 18 gondola cars for the transport of woodchips will be supplied to the industrial enterprise in the first half of 2019.
The rolling stock was developed by the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology and will be built at the TikhvinSpetsMash plant (part of UniWagon).
The new generation model 13-6895 flat car with a loading length of 18.85 m is characterised by an increased payload capacity of 72.5 tonnes and an increased loading volume of up to 155 m3 (44 m3 more than a standard timber platform). Its expanded cubic capacity in combination with its increased payload capacity allows an increased load of up to 40%. The platform can transport up to 95 cubic meters of timber products at a time. Thus, its increased loading provides savings on fleet needs while retaining transport volumes: 70 model 13-6895 platforms can transport the same volume of timber as 100 standard platforms. The platform’s service life is 40 years.
The new generation model 12-6995 gondola is new to UWC’s product lines. The gondola car is intended for the transport of various types of chips and currently possesses the best body space (211 m3) and payload capacity (70 t) on the market, accommodating up to 30 cubic meters of extra cargo in each car. The railcar’s service life is 40 years. A prototype has been built, which will undergo a series of preliminary and certification tests for obtaining a Federal Budgetary Organization “Register of Certification on the Federal Railway Transport” certificate.
Both models have bogies with an axle load of 25 tonnes. The increased overhaul period of 800,000 km (or 8 years) reduces the cost of the life cycle of the rolling stock three times.
“Cargo transport using the new generation cars, which have no peers on the market, will allow us to reduce logistics costs, increase the reliability of deliveries and increase the volume of transported raw materials in line with the new development strategy of the company,” said Aleksei Starun, CEO at Volga Paper Company.
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