| Class EA Cold storage vans |
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| WAGR builders photo of a new EA before numbering(RHWA collection) |
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This group of vans appeared in 1934 as a batch of 6 vans on a 16'-0" steel underframe numbered 5009, 5173, 5175, 5985, 6026 and 6384. They were originally intended for lamb traffic but were later used for other things such as butter. A second batch of 15 followed in 1939 (4536-4547, 4549-4551). There is an indifferent quality photo of EA4536 here. The body of EA4546 survived as a store at Midland Workshops for some time and is shown at left. The WAGR outline diagram is shown below. |
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They were written off as listed in the table below. The first one was almost certainly an accident victim. | |
| 1950 | 6026 written off |
| 1968 | 4537 written off |
| 1969 | 5173 to JETTY 363 |
| 1970 | 4542, 4545, 5985, 6384 written off |
| 1971 | 4538 written off |
| 1972 | 4539, 4540, 4541, 4547, 4550, 4551 written off |
| 1973 | 5009 written off |
| 1974 | 4546 written off |
| 1975 | 4543, 4544 written off |
| 1977 | 5175 written off |
| 1978 | 4536, 4549 written off |
| Four E class vans were reclassified EA in 1940 (5221) and 1954 (5225, 5226, 5228). These four vans had been part of a group of fifteen E class vans built at Midland in 1901. They were 17'-0" long over headstocks. It is not clear if they were replaced, rebuilt or re-bodied when reclassified to EA. These four wagons were written off as follows: |
| 1968 | 5221 |
| 1973 | 5228 |
| 1975 | 5226, 5226 |
| Other Cold storage vans
The W.A.G.R.'s other cold storage trucks were classes E and EB, and the bogie vehicles in Classes W, WA, WAM, WAR, WBR and WVD. |
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