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Hopper car for transportation of grain, model 19-9870-01

Manufacturer: UWS
Description: The leader of UWC Holding in the production line of new generation hopper cars for transportation of grain.
The space of the hopper car body amounts to 101 m³, this advantage makes it feasible to increase by 6-7% its useful loading and utilize its payload capacity to the full when transporting a wide range of lightweight grain products. Increased terms of between-repairs run, which provide for the reduction by almost 3 times of the car life cycle costs, are a considerable competitive advantage of the freight car of model 19-9870-01. Hopper car for transportation of grain is completely compatible with the existing infrastructure and can be operated at all types of loading-unloading terminals.

Tank car for transportation of oil and oil products, model 15-9993

Manufacturer: UWS
Description: A new generation tank car possesses improved technical and economic characteristics when compared to conventional analogues.
The boiler space increased to 88 m³, as well as the payload of 73.3 t enables the freight car to transport all kinds of petroleum products with a density during the filling of up to 1.03 t/m³ resulting in additional economic benefit. The tank car design features a boiler with a “broken” axis, ensuring maximum draining of the tank. An increased run time between repairs is a significant competitive advantage of the freight car of model 15-9993, which allows cutting down the cost of the freight car life cycle by almost 3 times. The freight car service life is 32 years.
Designed by: “All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transportation Technology”, LLC.

Gondola with unloading hatches, model 12-9853

Manufacturer: UWS
Description: This freight car is the first serial modification of the universal gondola car in the holding product line since the official launch of Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant production. Increased up to 92 m3 body space of the new generation car of model 12-9853 provides for the transportation of freight of a wide range of density utilizing car full payload capacity. In one trip this car transports up to 10% more freight compared to a standard type car.
Considerable competitive advantage of the freight car are increased terms of between-repairs run which provide for the reduction of the car life cycle costs by almost 3 times. The gondola car is completely compatible with the existing infrastructure and can be operated at all types of loading-unloading terminals.