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Kangourou wagon fr:Wagon kangourou

For other uses, see Kangaroo (disambiguation).

Dimensional drawing of Sdgmns ⁷⁴³ (T3) of the DB.

The 'kangaroo wagon' is a type of wagon rail designed for the transport of semi-trailer s. It has a drawbridge forming a pocket in the low position (hence its name) allowing the carrier train (2 or 3 axles) of the semi-trailer to be placed and thus to respect the height of the loading gauge ( 4.2 m or 13 ft 9+3⁄8 in above top of rail for the gauge UIC).

These are special flat wagons. The axle models are UIC K type, their bogie S type counterparts.

In France

The 'kangaroo wagon' is the continuation of the 'UFR wagon' . The latter no longer meeting transport requirements, a new type of wagon was studied for the transport of semi-trailer s but this time taking as a basis a standard trailer and not an adapted trailer.