Refrigerating wagon
Igs Frangeco LS Models

Nice wagons. Multiple metal inserts: handles, photo-etched steps, transmission rods, or plastic: door locks for example. The plastic access ladders to the ice boxes are quite thin. The grid of the refrigeration unit is photo-etched. But the group’s support, which should be openwork, is not.

Due to the presence of the refrigeration unit, the length over buffers is slightly increased: this was respected by LS Models.

The roofs are too dark, almost black; compare with the real model photo.

The axles, fitted with brass bearings, are swivelling. But, as with other wagons, the pivoting is illusory: some axles are tight, and the small moulded return springs do not even bear on their support!

Fairly thin wheel flanges (0.8 mm). The back-to-back wheel distance is still a bit small (14.3) compared to the last NEM standard (14.5 ± 0.1). Distance between tips 24.8.

There is undoubtedly a mistake on the revision dates — difficult to read: 1966, for wagons delivered in 1969!

Wagons built in 22 units by Frangeco, delivered in 1969. These wagons have been designed to allow the transport of frozen products.

Main characteristics: net volume 63.30 m³; tare 24 t; load 19 t (15 t at 120 km/h). They are equipped with a Westinghouse Thermo King refrigeration unit.