Class GD high-sided goods wagons

Class GD high-sided goods wagons

A WAGR official photo of the first two GDs. This is reproduced from a scan of the "Western Mail" from 28-12-1907 on TROVE and consequently is of poor quality. The original would have been on a glass plate negative of very high quality. If anybody knows of a better version of this image please let me know.

This class of twenty-one wagons was a high-sided version of the GB class. A total of twenty-one was turned out in 1907-1909 as follows:

1907	156, 159, 163-8
1908	151, 169-176, 178, 183, 184
1909	7131

The fact that no more were built suggests that they were not a success. It may be that they were an experimental alternative to the GC class with extra height on a 15' frame rather than the 16' length of the GC.

This rather blurry, blown up image above is believed to be a GD class wagon.

They were disposed of as follows:
1931	7131 converted to GC
1950	159, 175 written off
1953	172, 183 written off
1954	163, 165-7, 170, 174, 178 written off
1955	156, 164, 168, 171, 176, 184 written off 156, 164, 171, 173, 174 & 184 became JETTY 63, 37, 43, 56, 29 & 30 respectively.
1956	151, 169 written off

This extreme blow up of State Library of WA 021700PD definitely shows a GD at Collie in around 1910.

The WAGR outline diagram is shown below.