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auntmartha		#1 Posted : 18 July 2025 12:17:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 38 Location: Græsted		Found these photos while searching about VW transports on rail : Does anyone know more about these Swedish un-usual and out of loading gauge additions ( "shoes" ) to a normal wagon ? And then this popped up about OPEL autos - also in Sweden : where it is not shoes but long width additions. And - Does anyone know what kind of wagon it is - surely some kind of timber car ? Any additional information / pictures are welcome. /Christian
		Yours sincerely / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Bien cordialement Mr. Christian Vinaa http://www.vinaa.dk/trains ...... Meanwhile, aunt Martha, having taken a tramp in the woods, is lying in a ditch at the edge of town .........................
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kiwiAlan		#2 Posted : 18 July 2025 14:44:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,513 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Those wagons were presumably made for a narrower loading gauge, if, as you suggest, they are ex-timber transport wagons then maybe they were originally built to go into forests on tight twisting logging tracks, and so built to a reduced width. A beetle or t1 van isn't that wide, so they wagons must be very narrow to require supports for the wheels both sides.


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hxmiesa		#3 Posted : 18 July 2025 14:51:48(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,601 Location: Spain		Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Those wagons were presumably made for a narrower loading gauge, if, as you suggest, they are ex-timber transport wagons then maybe they were originally built to go into forests on tight twisting logging tracks, and so built to a reduced width. A beetle or t1 van isn't that wide, so they wagons must be very narrow to require supports for the wheels both sides. I´m not so sure. There are actually 4 cars on each waggon. So actually VERY wide!
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