Spotted this btpln wagon as part of a freight formation at banaswadi railway station. It is quite an interesting design where the body acts as the chassis and is mounted directly on the bogie. I don't recall seeing this class of wagon in our gallery. (Anil Tharian)

Date: 2013-10-21
Owner: Sandeep Mohan
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Make LG Electronics Model LGP500
Color Space sRGB Date/Time 2013 Oct 21 09:07:34 +0100
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High time a integral design like this came up.
One of the biggest cause of fires after derailments is the member of ladder type chassis piercing the tank.

IR did away with chassis on body for passenger coaches more than 50 years...
Posted by Rahul Rao on 2013 Nov 09 05:13:41 +0000
This is a BTFLN rake an advance prototype of the BTPN
read the description from here sir
youtube.com/watch?v=2P5SAsilxeM
Posted by Dennis Jacob on 2013 Oct 30 03:32:26 +0000
nice pic!
@ Jay sir: Sir, i have query about this design, i don't know much about the US railway network, but considering IR, do u think eliminating the chassis is a good option?
Posted by Adithya V on 2013 Oct 29 06:50:54 +0000
Thanks for this photo! It's about time IR adopted this design. This is the standard here in US. The weight saved in eliminating the chassis can now be used to increase the tonnage capacity of the tanker without increasing the axle load.
Posted by Jay Balakrishna on 2013 Oct 26 18:17:24 +0100
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