Class GHE high-sided wagon for fertiliser traffic with ridgepole |
This class of thirty-two wagons was created by the conversion between 1977 and 1980 of several different types of wagons (classes GH, HCN and NO) using the standard 18'-0" chassis. They all had steel bodies with small end doors and were almost identical to the steel GHB class wagons. From February 1979 "Fertiliser Traffic" was stencilled on the wagon sides. One wagon (21503) was subject to an experimental folding roof as shown at right. The fates of the GHE class wagons are shown below. |
WAGR official photo of GHE21503 with its folding roof. (RHWA collection) |
1977 | 18652, 18747 converted from GH
21548 converted from NO |
1978 | 21405, 21483 converted from HCN
21470, 21488, 21576, 21607, 21669 converted from NO |
1979 | 21440, 21493, 21501, 21507, 21562, 21623 converted from HCN
20696, 21408, 21439, 21442, 21452, 21464, 21503, 21569, 21573, 21585, 21663 converted from NO 21573 converted to GHB |
1980 | 19023, 19050 converted from GHD
18441, 18694, 18862 converted from GH |
1985 | 18694, 18747, 21405, 21483 written off |
1986 | 18441, 18652, 21408, 21569, 21623 written off |
1987 | 19023, 21470, 21493, 21501, 21607, 21669 written off |
1989 | 21439, 21507 written off |
1990 | 18862, 21488, 21576 written off
21576 written back |
1993 | 20696, 21440, 21442, 21452, 21464, 21503, 21562, 21576, 21585, 21663 written off |
1996 | 21548 written off |
19050, 21576 unaccounted for. Both still in stock when record card ends in 1996. |