Covered "Hong Kong" Wagons Nos. Tav 40 012 and Tav 40 030

Track Gauge: Standard (143.5 cm)

Wheel Arrangement: Bogie

Maker: Various Maker in Belgium

Year Built: ?

Use: Bulk grain

Overall Length: 12.77m

Tare Weight: 19t

Maximum Load: 40t

These wagons are from a group of Chinese wagons evacuated from Hong Kong by the British army before the Japanese occupation of World War II.

Some 32 vans of this group remained in Israel after 1948 and several more were captured from Egypt in the Sinai.

Israel Railways converted them to carry loose grain, which was loaded through roof ports and discharged by tipping the wagon on to its end.