Class LA-2 (LAJ-2) wagons entered service between 1967 and 1968 and are designed to transport frozen products. It is a mechanichal refrigerator fitted with 168 double meat hooks. Mechanical refrigerators are nearly all retired now, having been replaced by reefer containers. This one is inscribed 'Spoornet OFS' and painted in the Trans-Karoo passenger train livery.Number range 15 011 003 to 15 012 093, Length between couplers 13.076m, Length over headstocks 12.192m, Length between bogie pivot centres 8.230m, Height 3.886m, Width 2.534m, Door width 1.397m, Door height 1.797m, Tare (average) 24,666kg, Load 26,000kg, Floor area 23.7m2, Capacity 40.2m3. |