The BEET project - Wagon pictures

This article was published May 17, 2012.

Bogies and frames

The frame was the same on all wagons. They had two bogie types, but here you see that skip wagon frames was also used as bogies.

bogie1 -- type 1 bogie.
bogie1 -- type 1 bogie.
bogie2 -- type 1 bogie, closeup.
bogie2 -- type 1 bogie, closeup.
frame1 -- closeup. here you see skip wagon frames were also used as bogies.
frame1 -- closeup. here you see skip wagon frames were also used as bogies.
frame2 -- closeup.
frame2 -- closeup.
frame3 -- closeup.
frame3 -- closeup.
frame4 -- closeup on ends.
frame4 -- closeup on ends.
frame5 -- closeup on the coupler.
frame5 -- closeup on the coupler.

Roebane Open Wagon - for sugar beets

This is the most numerous wagon, since main purpose was to collect the harvest and make sugar out of it. In the background the sugar factory.

open1 -- Note the type two bogie type, with vertical coil springs.
open1 -- Note the type two bogie type, with vertical coil springs.
open2 -- Old car still in its original setup. Note the type one bogie type, with horisontal springs.
open2 -- Old car still in its original setup. Note the type one bogie type, with horisontal springs.
open3 -- Newly renovated wagon at IBK.
open3 -- Newly renovated wagon at IBK.

Roebane Closed Wagon - for sacked sugar

closed1 -- When the sugar was made, it was packed in sacks, and therefore must be protected from rain and damp.
closed1 -- When the sugar was made, it was packed in sacks, and therefore must be protected from rain and damp.
closed2 -- closeup on door with rails and locking device.
closed2 -- closeup on door with rails and locking device.
closed3 -- closeup on body post attachments.
closed3 -- closeup on body post attachments.
closed4 -- closeup on door attachment.
closed4 -- closeup on door attachment.
closed5 -- Another painted brown.
closed5 -- Another painted brown.

Roebane Tank Wagon - for water

tank1 -- For extending the range for steam locos. This is a simple tank on a flat wagon, but real tank wagons existed also, check the drawings page.
tank1 -- For extending the range for steam locos. This is a simple tank on a flat wagon, but real tank wagons existed also, check the drawings page.

Roebane Closed Wagon - Tools Van

tools1 -- This is an open wagon rebuilt for transport of tools and supplies for ROW crew. This is the one I started to make a model of, check BMC October logbook.
tools1 -- This is an open wagon rebuilt for transport of tools and supplies for ROW crew. This is the one I started to make a model of, check BMC October logbook.

Roebane Closed Wagon - Eating Van

eating1 -- This is also an old open wagon rebuilt for the crew to have somewhere to eat when working with the tracks or close by. Note the side openings, they were used to store tools.
eating1 -- This is also an old open wagon rebuilt for the crew to have somewhere to eat when working with the tracks or close by. Note the side openings, they were used to store tools.
eating2 -- And in colour many years later, note the missing chimney. It has been of wheels for a long time, here it just has arrived back to IBK for renovation.
eating2 -- And in colour many years later, note the missing chimney. It has been of wheels for a long time, here it just has arrived back to IBK for renovation.