Autonomous Refrigerated Railcars Production Launched in Mordovia

Model 16-1247 will keep products frozen for up to 60 days of travel

The company "RM Rail" has started producing an autonomous refrigerated railcar model 16-1247. This was announced by the head of Mordovia, Artem Zdunov.

The technical characteristics of the new product are already presented on the website of "RM Rail".

Two years ago, we were approaching this topic, and now we are engaged in the production of wagons and refrigerators, they allow transporting goods over long distances up to 60 days. Moreover, they keep the temperature, keep the pressure.
Artem Zdunov, Head of Mordovia

Technical characteristics of refrigerated railcar 16-1247:

  • Load capacity — 60 tons.
  • Body volume — 132 m3.
  • Floor area — 47 m2.
  • Length along the center lines of automatic couplers — 20760±20mm.
  • Height from rail head level — 4720±20 mm.
  • Wagon base — 16540±10 mm.
  • Axial load — 25 tons.
  • GOST dimension — 9238 1-T.
  • Body heat transfer coefficient — 0.2 W/m2 O
  • Service life — 25 years.

The railcar is planned to be produced on bogies of its own design. Their axial load is 25 tons. The shelf life of perishable goods is 20 days.

The company plans to certify wagon 16-1247 by the end of this year.

Earlier, www1.ru reported that in Mordovia created a six-axle freight car for operation in mining quarries.

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