SWEDEN: Green Cargo has leased 40 wagons from Wascosa which it will use with a new type of load carrying cassette to transport steel products between Luleå, Borlänge and Oxelösund for SSAB.
The wagons built by Tatravagónka are equipped with disc brakes for quieter operation, and have a coating on the bogies which is designed to improve safety and reduce maintenance requirements by preventing ice and snow from accumulating.
The cassettes manufacturered at Green Cargo’s Eskilstuna depot can be used with different types of wagon, including those not specifically designed for steel traffic, and mean the steel wagons can also be used to transport other goods.
‘Disc brakes are used instead of brake blocks. This means that we are using technology that meets EU requirements for quiet freight wagons while we escape the problem of the transition from cast iron blocks to blocks of composite material that have a reduced braking performance’, said Erik Hedlund, Rail Safety Developer at Green Cargo.
