Oil Tank Car for Namibia and Angola

Source: DateTime: 2013-12-22

Summary:This tank car utilized for transporting diesel oil, gasoline, kerosene and other light oil medium is suitable for operating on Namibia and Angola railway with 1067mm gauge. It is mainly comprised of headstocks, tank body, bogie, brake equipments, coupler and draft gear, etc. The car is of all steel welded structure without center sill, and the body is of V-shaped structure; the car adopts 1067mm gauge low track force bogie, ratchet wheel and pawl type hand brake, 13 type top operation coupler and ST type draft gear. The oil tank car for Namibia adopts vacuum brake system, and tank car for Angola adopts air brake system with 120 type control valve.

Main technical parameters:

Loading capacity(t)

Gasoline (density is 0.74 t/ m3): 39.7

Kerosene (density is 0.84 t/ m3): 45

Tare weight(t)

≤21

Total volume (m3

55.5

Effective volume(m3

53.6

Max. operating speed (km/h)

100

Min. radius of curvature negotiable (m)

80

Loading and unloading manner: Loading from the top and unloading from the bottom