46 ton 2-Axle Open Ballast Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Carlisle Kingmoor Yard.
Date : 06/10/2018.
Type : Open Ballast Wagon.
Weight : 46 t GLW / 13.6t Tare.
Number : 391482.
Number Series : Random examples in the 391000 to 391 082, 391101 to 391160 and 391201 to 391698 number series.
Builder : Rebuilt 1996-2004 by Marcroft Ltd / Toton C&W / Tees C&W / Barry C&W / RFS Industries Ltd.
TOPS Code : MFA.
CCE Code : 'COALFISH' (see footnotes).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The MFA's are colloquially known as "Coalfish" but the Engineers Department Fish name has been adopted for many of the 46 tonne 2 axle ballast/spoil wagons. A true 'Coalfish' is a conversion from an MGR hopper with an MHA or MPA TOPS Code. The MFA's have a 1 tonne higher capacity at 32.4 tonne than a true Coalfish and are a relatively small fleet of ballast spoil wagons converted from MEA open box wagon. The underframes were ex HEA house coal hoppers built by BR Shildon Works in 1982 and unlike the MHA Coalfish the MFA's can run at 60mph loaded or empty. The high sided MEA's were unsuitable for use on ballast sites as a digger bucket didn't have enough operating room under overhead power lines to load the wagon so EWS the owner after privatisation set about cutting down the height of the sides thus the change of TOPS code from MEA to MFA to reflect the change of use.
46 ton 2-Axle Open Ballast Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Carlisle Kingmoor Yard.
Date : 06/10/2018.
Type : Open Ballast Wagon.
Weight : 46 t GLW / 13.6t Tare.
Number : 391482.
Number Series : Random examples in the 391000 to 391 082, 391101 to 391160 and 391201 to 391698 number series.
Builder : Rebuilt 1996-2004 by Marcroft Ltd / Toton C&W / Tees C&W / Barry C&W / RFS Industries Ltd.
TOPS Code : MFA.
CCE Code : 'COALFISH' (see footnotes).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The MFA's are colloquially known as "Coalfish" but the Engineers Department Fish name has been adopted for many of the 46 tonne 2 axle ballast/spoil wagons. A true 'Coalfish' is a conversion from an MGR hopper with an MHA or MPA TOPS Code. The MFA's have a 1 tonne higher capacity at 32.4 tonne than a true Coalfish and are a relatively small fleet of ballast spoil wagons converted from MEA open box wagon. The underframes were ex HEA house coal hoppers built by BR Shildon Works in 1982 and unlike the MHA Coalfish the MFA's can run at 60mph loaded or empty. The high sided MEA's were unsuitable for use on ballast sites as a digger bucket didn't have enough operating room under overhead power lines to load the wagon so EWS the owner after privatisation set about cutting down the height of the sides thus the change of TOPS code from MEA to MFA to reflect the change of use.