Heaviest rolling stock?

[truckman060473]

Assuming we are running a train on the best track (RA10), what is the heaviest wagon that is permitted? I'm talking 4 axled or bogie wagons here.

 

[sprinterguy]

In the UK, the maximum axle load is 25.4 tonnes.

See the following page from Network Rail for a little more information:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/10551.aspx

Examples of route availability capabilities are:

RA 3 = up to 16.5 tonnes per axle
RA 5 = up to 19.0 tonnes per axle
RA 8 = up to 22.8 tonnes per axle
RA 10 = up to 25.4 tonnes per axle (the current maximum for freight on the network)

 

[truckman060473]

In the UK, the maximum axle load is 25.4 tonnes.

See the following page from Network Rail for a little more information:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/10551.aspx

Yes, I had seen that and wondered when someone told me he thought he was aware of 110 ton bogie wagons, and I was sure the figure should be about 102 tons and no more.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Anything with Eric Pickles on board...

 

[themiller]

If you want sheer weight, look for nuclear flask wagons - some of which have four 2-axle bogies. I remember in the days of the boat trains bringing foreign wagons over, there used to be at least one DB registered wagon with two 8-axle bogies. I never looked but all would be well over 100Te.
In the private industrial systems, I've seen the torpedo wagons from the steel furnaces carrying molten slag to a tip. They are real monsters and dwarf the locos (Di8) which were built to European loading gauge. Just look on the internet for photos of the locos working at the Corus (now Tata) plant on Teesside

 

[12CSVT]

If you want sheer weight, look for nuclear flask wagons - some of which have four 2-axle bogies. I remember in the days of the boat trains bringing foreign wagons over, there used to be at least one DB registered wagon with two 8-axle bogies. I never looked but all would be well over 100Te.
In the private industrial systems, I've seen the torpedo wagons from the steel furnaces carrying molten slag to a tip. They are real monsters and dwarf the locos (Di8) which were built to European loading gauge. Just look on the internet for photos of the locos working at the Corus (now Tata) plant on Teesside

Torpedo wagons at Scunthorpe can be anything up to 700 tons when fully loaded.

 

[Strathclyder]

If you want sheer weight, look for nuclear flask wagons - some of which have four 2-axle bogies. I remember in the days of the boat trains bringing foreign wagons over, there used to be at least one DB registered wagon with two 8-axle bogies. I never looked but all would be well over 100Te.
In the private industrial systems, I've seen the torpedo wagons from the steel furnaces carrying molten slag to a tip. They are real monsters and dwarf the locos (Di8) which were built to European loading gauge. Just look on the internet for photos of the locos working at the Corus (now Tata) plant on Teesside

They are hulking great brutes indeed: