The closed ORE wagons are a numerous series of 3,900 wagons intended for the transport of freight and parcels, and the first in Spain based on a standardized German model approved for all of Europe. They represented a leap in capacity and speed, surpassing previous models and capable of running at 100 km/h, which is why they were also part of passenger coach formations and, with the first sub-series, were equipped with a steam heating pipe. Built between 1964 and 1975 by the entire railway industry of the country. Throughout their construction, they evolved structurally, as the walls of the prototypes—of which there were four—were made of slat wood and the rest of plywood covered with synthetic resin.
With the evolution of freight traffic, many were remodeled and adapted to other types of wagons: 600 became JTL 4500 to 4599 telescopic wagons for transporting steel coils; 250 for bulk grain transport, TJ-S/580,000; and more recently, 100 were transformed into MA 469,000 to 469,100 duo wagons, with open ends for automobile transport, receiving a green or yellow color scheme depending on the brand of vehicles to be transported.
The one we can see in operational condition at the Móra la Nova Museum was manufactured by CAF (Beasain) in 1976 and in 2001 it was sidelined on the station tracks to be scrapped. A year later, APPFI acquired it to be restored, which was done in 2015, with the purpose of serving as the workshop or equipment support car for the Tourist Train.
Technical data sheet
| Any construction | 1964-1975 |
| Constructor | CAF, Macosa, MTM, Vers, Miravalles, Amurrio, CAT, Astilleros, Los Certales, Euskalduna |
| Series | Jfvi 400.001 to 403.899 |
| Company | RENFE |
| Track width (mm) | 1.668 |
| Axis layout | 2 Axes |
| Length (mm) | 10.580 |
| Height (mm) | 3,90 |
| Width (mm) | 2,85 |
| Weight (kg) | 12.000 |
| Maximum load (kg) | 28.000 |
| Useable surface area (m³) | 25,08 |
| Speed (km/h) | 100 |
Client: FPPFI
Restoration Types: Functional
2015
