EU Loading Gauge Coordinates

[Legolash2o]

I've created an interactive loading gauge tool but I'm struggling to find coordinates for GA, GB, GB+, GC. Can anybody please point me in the right direction?

I've also noticed than W9, W10 and W12 gauges start at different heights. Is that normal? Do they fit in the wagon differently, even if the deck height is the same?

Gauge Diagrams - RailMaps

 

[hwl]

Page 69 onwards:

https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/uic_loading_guidelines-volume_1-01042024.pdf

Excellent work - what would be really good is if you could change the order especially for solid colour fill

 

[Legolash2o]

Thanks hwl, I managed to add GA and GB. Just missing GB+ and GC.

Thanks for the feedback. I will see what I can do about the ordering.

 

[hwl]

Thanks hwl, I managed to add GA and GB. Just missing GB+ and GC.

Thanks for the feedback. I will see what I can do about the ordering.

Hidden in standards but the missing dimensions you need compared to GB are:

GC Static
Upper centre top corner x=1455 y=4650
Outer top corner x=1575 y=3500

GC Kinetic
Upper centre top corner x=1540 y=4700
Outer top corner x=1645 y=3550

GB+ (formerly GB1) Static
Upper centre top corner x=460 y=4320
Mid top corner x=1360 y=4180
Outer top corner x=1575 y=3220

GB+ (formerly GB1) Kinetic
Upper centre top corner x=545 y=4350
Mid top corner x=1440 y=4210
Outer top corner x=1645 y=3250

 

[Legolash2o]

This is great, thanks!

Is it worth having both the static and the kinetic? I've just done static ones for now.

 

[Adrian Barr]

I've also noticed than W9, W10 and W12 gauges start at different heights. Is that normal? Do they fit in the wagon differently, even if the deck height is the same?

The height these "upper" gauges start depends on which combinations of wagon and container they are intended to provide clearance for, in terms of different deck heights and container sizes. When a gauge is focused on specific requirements, it minimises the amount of clearance work needed to achieve it.

W10 gauge starts at 820mm above rail (low enough to include "megafret" types) and has sufficient width for 2.5m wide containers up to 3891mm above rail (high enough for 9 foot 6 (2896mm) containers on FEA wagons with a 982mm deck height). This means it provides clearance for "high cube" containers on most standard intermodal wagon types, which is the main function of W10 gauge.

W9 has sufficient width for 2.6m wide swapbodies from 780mm above rail up to 3695mm above rail. It allows 9ft high (2745mm) swapbodies of 2.6m width to be conveyed on FIA / IFA multifret wagons with 945mm deck height. This was originally related to SB1C channel tunnel gauge for European traffic. It also allows S44 swapbodies (approx 9ft 6 high) up to 2.5m wide on IKA megafret wagons, which ended up being the main requirement for channel tunnel intermodal traffic.

W12 gauge seems to be intended to be more comprehensive, as quoted in the guidance on that GERT8073 document from the RSSB:

W12 includes the following capability:
a) ISO 9' 6" (2896 mm) x 2600 mm container on 700 mm – 945 mm deck height wagons.
b) ISO 9' 6" (2896 mm) x 2550 mm container on 700 mm – 1000 mm deck height wagons.
c) S Coded 2551 mm – 2600 mm swap bodies of up to 3810 mm corner height (S365 on 1000 mm deck, S371 on 945 mm deck).
d) S Coded 2500 mm – 2550 mm swap bodies of up to 3815 mm corner height (S36 on 1000 mm deck, S41 on 945 mm deck).