o Wow.. What on earth is this?? Never seen such a vehicle..anyone can easily board this vehicle, when the train runs at a lowest speed... ;-)

Posted by Vijay Aravamudhan on 2010 Jun 09 10:29:50 +0000

Rare indeed!! From the looks of it, probably was the chassis for a BG crane as part of an ART - I'm presuming so, by looking at the hut-like structures and also the wheelsets on it at both ends. In all probability it was a self powered crane with bi-directional operability, and possibility haul a tiny payload behind it.

Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2010 Jun 09 10:53:35 +0000

This a recessed flatcar used for carrying oversized loads such as pressure vessels. I've seen one such wagon belonging to BHEL Trichy that carried a pressure vessel for our nuclear power plant till boisar.The cabs at both ends monitor load and its stability. I don't remember correctly but these have very slow allowable speed (around 40 kmph).

Posted by Anant K Singh on 2010 Jun 09 11:14:42 +0000

@Anant Singh..you are right, have seen plenty such at BHEL Hardwar yard as well as Hardwar station.

Posted by Aseem Johri on 2010 Jun 09 11:33:07 +0000

Isn't this what they call a well wagon?

Posted by Samit Roychoudhury on 2010 Jun 10 02:05:38 +0000

Yes Samit, this is indeed called a well wagon.

Posted by Rahul on 2010 Jun 10 14:34:36 +0000