Egyptian Covered Wagon No. "23331"

Track Gauge: Standard (143.5 cm)

Wheel Arrangement: 4-Wheel

Maker: Metropolitan, UK

Year Built: c. 1920

Use: General cargo

Overall Length: c. 8m

Tare Weight: c. 8850kg

Maximum Load: 10t

The Egyptian State Railway had thousands of wagons of this and similar types by the mid-20th century. Many of them visited then-Palestine during the British Mandate period.

Israel Railways acquired several wagons of this type during the wars with Egypt, and they joined hundreds of similar wagons purchased earlier by the Palestine Railways.