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Owner: South African Railways
Type: Other/Not Listed
SAS Class:   NSF-2
User Notes:   Steam Heating

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SAR Class NSF-2 (Side B) (Type 2)
Title:  SAR Class NSF-2 (Side B) (Type 2)
Description:  Class NSF-2 wagons entered service between 1972 and 1974. Side B has two access doors on the cabin side. They are 74 volt steam heating vehicles, used to generate steam for heating in passenger coaches. They always run between the locomotive and the first coach on mainline passenger trains, usually only during the winter months. Type 2 wagons have smooth curved roofs to match the rounded roof profile of present day passenger coaches.

Number range 94 020 264 to 94 020 728, Length between couplers 13.076m, Length over headstocks 12,192m, Length between bogie pivot centres 8.230m, Height 3.946m, Deck height 1.080m, Width 2.804m, Tare (average with full tanks) 45,040kg, Load 15,900kg (water) and 1,802kg (fuel), Capacity 15,900l (water) and 2,120l (fuel).
Photo Date:  8/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/3/2007 4:52:17 PM
Location:  Bayhead Depot, Durban, ZN, Du
Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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