#Types Of Goods Coach :-

• What Is Goods Coach ( Wagon ) :-

          A variety of wagon types are in use to handle different types of goods, but all goods wagons in a regional network typically have standardized couplers and other fittings, such as hoses for air brakes, allowing different wagon types to be assembled into trains. 

• Types Of Goods Wagon :-

1.            Open wagons :- 

                     (US/Canada: gondolas) were formerly referred to in Germany as O wagons; today the international standard types are: 

• Open wagons of standard design (UIC Class E) with at least 85 cm (33.5 in) high walls, with side-doors, and without self-discharging equipment
• Open wagons of special design (UIC Class F) – especially self-discharging wagons (see photo) of type Fcs092.

      2.            Covered wagons or vans (US/Canada: boxcars) :-

                      have a fixed roof and are mainly used for the transportation of part-load goods or parcels. Today these are divided into: 

• Ordinary classes (UIC Class G)
• Special classes (UIC Class H), which are often distinguished by their large loading volumes.
• Livestock vans (US/Canada:stock cars) for transporting cattle are no longer used. In Germany they were called Vwagons and were counted as a special class.

     4.               Mineral wagons :-

Railway post vans (Mobile post offices) are not counted as goods wagons. 

The UIC’s instructions were sometimes interpreted differently by the various railway administrations, so that it could happen that almost identical wagons were grouped into different classes. In addition wagons had occasionally to be reclassified after slight modifications. For example, an E Class wagon can become an F Class simply through welding on a door. 

     5.              Flat wagons (US: Flatcars) :-  

                  have no walls or low walls no higher than 60 cm (23.6 in). Today these include wagons with individual axles in UIC Classes K (standard) or L (special), bogie wagons of UIC Classes R (standard) or S (special).

      6.              Refrigerated vans (Class I wagons) :- 

                  formerly known in Germany as T wagons (T = "Thermos") – are insulated covered vans which are either cooled by a cooling medium such as water or dry ice like conventional refrigerated vans, or are machine-cooled wagons with their own cooling system.