NS 65248 GTUW

This steel successor to the wooden goods wagons means that 28 tonnes of material can be transported, rather than 8 tonnes. This wagon was built in 1938 by Werkspoor, in collaboration with NS. It has four doors on each side instead of the usual two. This makes it much quicker to unload. The U-shaped trusses (the frame) give the wagons the name GTU. G stands for ‘open’, T for ‘tiltable’ and U for the shape.

Some wagons have a braking system and therefore a different abbreviation. These abbreviations are constructed in a logical manner. First come the letters GTU, followed by the first letter of the braking system supplier. For example, the 65248 has a Westinghouse braking system, hence the W at the end. There are also carriages with a Knorr braking system. The 65248, the last carriage of the W type, arrived at the Railway Museum in 1989.