Do double-stacked container trains run on IR?
IR has only recently [3/06] begun running a few double-stacked container trains. This is primarily because most of IR’s main routes are electrified and raising OHE clearances is not permitted under the present Schedule Of (moving) Dimensions. Other reasons include low axle loads permitted on certain lines and types of wagons (20.32 tonnes on most lines and for most wagons, and 22.9 tonnes for few routes and type of wagons). RDSO has been exploring the possibilities for double-stacking and some trials have been run. Normally, BLCA and BLCB flat wagons used for 9.5′ high containers have 840mm diameter wheels with a floor heigh tof 1009mm above the rails. A single rake (45 BLCA/BLCB) can carry 90 20′ long ISO containers or 45 40′ long containers and this standard configuration can run at 100km/h on most of the important IR routes. In late 2003, RDSO ran trials on the Sidhapur – Umerdasi section of WR using double-stacked 40′ long (and 9.5′ high) containers on unmodified BLCA/BLCB wagons.
IR has only recently [3/06] begun running a few double-stacked container trains. This is primarily because most of IR’s main routes are electrified and raising OHE clearances is not permitted under the present Schedule Of (moving) Dimensions. (But see below.) Other reasons include low axle loads permitted on certain lines and types of wagons (20.32 tonnes on most lines and for most wagons, and 22.9 tonnes for few routes and type of wagons). RDSO has been exploring the possibilities for double-stacking and some trials have been run. Normally, BLCA and BLCB flat wagons used for 9.5′ high containers have 840mm diameter wheels with a floor heigh tof 1009mm above the rails. A single rake (45 BLCA/BLCB) can carry 90 20′ long ISO containers or 45 40′ long containers and this standard configuration can run at 100km/h on most of the important IR routes. In late 2003, RDSO ran trials on the Sidhapur – Umerdasi section of WR using double-stacked 40′ long (and 9.5′ high) containers on unmodified B
