Flat Wagon [Ub 526]
Maker and role
Newmarket Railway Workshops
Production date
1920
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Object detail
Accession number
F1046.2002
Production period
Description
Flat Wagon - Ub 526 - a 37½ ft bogie vehicle with side stakes for cartage of timber, rails, vehicles, etc.
Specifications:
General arrangement blueprint: 3939
Bogie Blueprint: x25467
Coil springs: Y 4414
Load: 16 tonnes
Average Tare: 10 ton 4 cwt.
Floor area: 277 square feet.
Westinghouse brakes: 8" combined set.
Specifications:
General arrangement blueprint: 3939
Bogie Blueprint: x25467
Coil springs: Y 4414
Load: 16 tonnes
Average Tare: 10 ton 4 cwt.
Floor area: 277 square feet.
Westinghouse brakes: 8" combined set.
Brief History
Ub 526 was built by the New Zealand Railways Workshops in 1920 as a Ub-2 series steel platform wagon. It was built as a 37½ foot steel platform bogie wagon. It was in general service for many years, before eventually being modified for container use and used on Auckland's Freyburg Container Terminal as a staff training wagon. This type of wagon was used extensively throughout the New Zealand Railways for general purpose goods, timber, motor vehicles, and farm implements. It was donated to MOTAT by Auckland Waterfront Comission. It is in service on the Western Springs Railway and carries a container.
Marks
UB / 526 / 1920 Impressed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Newmarket Railway Workshops. 1920. Flat Wagon [Ub 526], F1046.2002. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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