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Nord 1933 covered wagon AMF 87

Nord 1933 covered wagon

Photo SNCF

AMF 87 K282

Type

Glm 1.62 (ex-Nord rebuilt 1933)

UIC number Revision date
21 87 103 4 860-6 20.01.49 (!)

43 g (NEM: 37 to 48 g).

Nickel silver and brass kit, supposed for beginner.

The assembly is not very difficult provided you know the soldering techniques, and es­pecially you find at each step how to hold the parts properly. In general, the parts fit together perfectly without the need for ad­justment, except for the chassis side beams and side upright tenons a little too long.

The manual is not designed for beginners: many steps are skipped; the indicated opera­tion order is sometimes questionable. It would be good that the parts are numbered, either directly on the etched plate (there is space enough), or on a drawing reproducing this plate.

The disadvantage, as with any photo-etched kit, is that all parts are flat. It is advantageous to replace some by round section parts: brake linkage and spring, buffer handles, coupling shackles for example.

The wheels, made of a plastic spoked hub and a metal tyre, are beautiful, but require gluing the tyres which otherwise tend to get out.

The supplied axle boxes are Nord Isothermos, whereas, according to the Loco-Revue sheet, these wagons were equipped with unified boxes, as in the photo opposite. But the manufacturer says he has photos of wagons equipped with Isothermos. If this is the case, we can think that these units were the first to be withdrawn, and therefore did not know the UIC marking.

Curiously, almost all the dimensions are reduced by 1.2 to 1.8 mm (except for the length over buffers and wheelbase), resulting in a scale of between 1:89 and 1:90.

Assembling

See the article Construction of the AMF 87 Nord covered wagon.

These wagons come from old Nord covered wagons dating from 1896 to 1909, rebuilt in welded sheet metal by the Nord Railways Workshops from 1933 to 1938 (source: Loco-Revue sheet). There were 612 left in 1968 (source: Ferrovissime).

Probably only few of these wagons received the UIC numbering, since they were all re­moved from the commercial fleet end of 1968.

Numbering:

  • Nord and SNCF before 1949: KKzu (w) 256 831 to 259 149;
  • SNCF after 1949: Kz (Lz) 400 831 to 403 149 1 or 400 834 to 403 446 2;
  • UIC: 21 87 103 4 000-9 to 103 4 958-8 1 or 999-2 2 Glm 1.62.
  1. According to Loco-Revue sheet No. 252/31969 - 69 a21.
  2. According to Ferrovissime Special issue No. 7 Les trains de marchandises sur les lignes secondaires, p. 67.

Manufacturers: Saint-Denis, Blanc-Misseron, Anzin, Lunéville, Ateliers du Nord.

General characteristics: floor area 17.7 m2; usable length 6.95 m; tare 9.5 t (without brake) to 11.2 t (with air brake); maximum load 21.5 t; star charge in G. V (High Speed) 12 t. Unified axle boxes U1A with plain bearings.

Documents

  • Loco-Revue sheet No. 252/31969 - 69 a 21 former series. Sheet preview.LR sheet
  • Loco-Revue No. 504 of May 1988, p. 398 Dossier wagons.
  • Ferrovissime Special issue No. 7 of 1st half-year 2017 Les trains de marchandises sur les lignes secondaires (Goods trains on secondary lines), p. 66-67. There can be seen the picture of the wagon No. 21 87 103 4 021-5, without brake.

Nord 1933 covered wagon AMF 87Nord 1933 covered wagon AMF 87

Nord 1933 covered wagon

Photo SNCF.

1:87
8 084 92.9 92.9
6 950 79.9 78.2
(headstocks) 2 520 29.0 27.7
(doors) 2 726 31.3 30.1
4 080 46.9 45.9
4 000 46.0 45.8
1 050 12.1 12.0

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