Light steel wagon
The term light steel wagon stands for a certain type of railway wagon ( passenger wagon )
- Wooden box car
- Heavy steel car
- Steel car
- Light metal wagon (aluminum wagon)
In addition to the all-steel construction, the lightweight steel wagon is characterized by a self-supporting box construction (tubular construction) that is as weight-saving as possible. The SBB light steel wagon played a pioneering role in light steel wagons . But there were also some standard gauge private railways in Switzerland that had similar vehicles built, but almost all of them with central entry . Moreover, were Mitteleinstiegswagen car in light steel construction for narrow gauge railways built, but there was from the very beginning, numerous car with aluminum - car body (light alloy car). But there were also a few other types of narrow-gauge light steel wagons . As a simplified design, light steel wagons with open platforms were also built. Finally, the standard wagons I and II, the Austrian Schlieren wagons and some of the narrow-gauge standard wagons I belong to the category of light steel wagons.