Class GM open wagon |
WAGR Official photo of GM15401 (RHWA collection) |
One experimental wagon originally coded GH 13321 started off this class in 1951. The production wagons were built in 1952 (GM15401-15689) and 1953 (15690-16016). These wagons were built on the post-war standard 18'-0" four wheeled chassis also used on the BE, CXB, DC, EB, FD, and GH classes. In 1955 a new type was created when four wagons (15661, 15730, 15770, 15777) were fitted with a Victorian Railways type ridgepole arrangement and re-coded GMR. Further conversions followed in 1956 and 1957. |
1951 | GH13321 built |
1952 | GM15401-15689 built Tomlinsons |
1953 | GM15690-16016 built Tomlinsons
GH13321 reclassified GM |
1955 | 15661, 15730, 15770, 15777 converted to class GMR |
1956 | 15406, 15410, 15486, 15501, 15508, 15512, 15519, 15549, 15552, 15613, 15621, 15685, 15693, 15716, 15722, 15732, 15790, 15807, 15824, 15858, 15859, 15872, 15878, 15892, 15902, 15951, 15963, 15989 converted to class GMR
15886 written off |
1957 | 15401, 15405, 15408, 15482, 15559, 15584, 15648, 15668, 15715, 15754, 15764, 15767, 15808, 15819, 15835, 15909, 15980, 15987 converted to class GMR |
1961 | 15457, 15879, 15983 destroyed in collision at Northam and written off |
1965 | 15714 derailment Coolgardie written off |
In 1968 another new conversion of the GM design appeared when the doors on many wagons were replaced and the GMD design was created. The end of wagonload traffic resulted in the demise of the GM and GMD class wagons. | |
1968 | 15402, 15403, 15409, 15415, 15416, 15417, 15421, 15423, 15424, 15425, 15427, 15428, 15430, 15431, 15436, 15442, 15444, 15451, 15456, 15460, 15461, 15467, 15468, 15469, 15470, 15471, 15472, 15475, 15477, 15478, 15483, 15487, 15490, 15492, 15493, 15494, 15496, 15500, 15506, 15509, 15511, 15516, 15523, 15526, 15529, 15532, 15533, 15534, 15535, 15538, 15541, 15543, 15550, 15551, 15553, 15555, 15556, 15558, 15560, 15561, 15563, 15564, 15568, 15569, 15571, 15575, 15576, 15577, 15579, 15581, 15582, 15586, 15590, 15593, 15595, 15596, 15599, 15600, 15602, 15603, 15604, 15607, 15609, 15610, 15617, 15619, 15623, 15624, 15630, 15632, 15634, 15636, 15637, 15640, 15641, 15642, 15643, 15647, 15654, 15655, 15656, 15660, 15664, 15665, 15667, 15671, 15672, 15673, 15675, 15677, 15678, 15679, 15682, 15686, 15688, 15690, 15692, 15694, 15696, 15699, 15700, 15703, 15705, 15706, 15708, 15712, 15718, 15721, 15724, 15725, 15726, 15727, 15731, 15733, 15735, 15736, 15737, 15738, 15740, 15741, 15743, 15746, 15747, 15748, 15751, 15752, 15756, 15758, 15761, 15765, 15768, 15771, 15772, 15775, 15779, 15780, 15783, 15784, 15786, 15787, 15788, 15792, 15794, 15798, 15799, 15800, 15801, 15803, 15805, 15810, 15811, 15814, 15816, 15817, 15826, 15827, 15831, 15834, 15841, 15843, 15844, 15845, 15848, 15849, 15855, 15856, 15857, 15863, 15866, 15868, 15871, 15873, 15875, 15876, 15877, 15880, 15883, 15885, 15889, 15890, 15894, 15895, 15897, 15899, 15900, 15903, 15905, 15906, 15912, 15915, 15918, 15919, 15922, 15924, 15927, 15930, 15931, 15932, 15933, 15934, 15937, 15941, 15943, 15946, 15950, 15959, 15964, 15965, 15967, 15968, 15970, 15974, 15975, 15976, 15977, 15981, 15982, 15990, 15993, 15994, 15996, 15997, 15998, 15999, 16000, 16003, 16004, 16005, 16009, 16013, 16015 converted to GMD |
1970 | 15774 written off |
1971 | 13321, 15412, 15419, 15433, 15434, 15437, 15438, 15441, 15445, 15448, 15452, 15459, 15463, 15465, 15466, 15473, 15481, 15489, 15495, 15497, 15498, 15499, 15503, 15504, 15505, 15510, 15517, 15530, 15537, 15539, 15548, 15554, 15562, 15567, 15573, 15574, 15583, 15587, 15589, 15591, 15592, 15597, 15601, 15606, 15612, 15614, 15616, 15618, 15625, 15629, 15650, 15657, 15674, 15683, 15689, 15701, 15702, 15713, 15750, 15757, 15778, 15782, 15822, 15836, 15846, 15847, 15852, 15854, 15861, 15862, 15865, 15874, 15887, 15888, 15891, 15904, 15908, 15914, 15916, 15917, 15926, 15928, 15939, 15945, 15949, 15952, 15954, 15955, 15957, 15958, 15960, 15962, 15969, 15971, 15985, 15986, 15992, 15995, 16006, 16007, 16016 converted to GMD |
1972 | 15608, 15884 written off |
1973 | 15892 converted from GMR |
1974 | 15685, 15770, 15790, 15859, 15963 converted from GMR |
1975 | 15722, 15807 converted from GMR
15956 converted to GHC |
1976 | 15754 converted from GMR
15418, 15644, 15711, 15802 written off |
1977 | 15693 converted from GMR
15638, 15670, 15681, 15823, 15870, 15978 written off |
1978 | 15405, 15408, 15482, 15501, 15508, 15584, 15648, 15668, 15777, 15872 converted from GMR
15944 written off |
1979 | 15549, 15808, 15819, 15878, 15980 converted from GMR
15638 written back 15440, 15464, 15514, 15611, 15947, 16001 written off 15598 converted to GMD |
1980 | 15406, 15519, 15732, 15767, converted from GMR |
1981 | 15559, 15835, 15902, 15987 converted from GMR
15491, 15948 written off |
1982 | 15486, 15613, 15661, 15951 converted from GMR |
1983 | 15552, 15715, 15824 converted from GMR
15405, 15613, 15645, 15728, 15818 written off 15911 converted to GMD |
1984 | 15447, 15698, 15920 written off |
1985 | 15404, 15432, 15450, 15454, 15462, 15480, 15485, 15521, 15524, 15525, 15588, 15627, 15652, 15695, 15720, 15763, 15767, 15791, 15809, 15825, 15850, 15851, 15898 written off |
1986 | 15406, 15407, 15411, 15414, 15420, 15426, 15446, 15453, 15476, 15486, 15508, 15518, 15522, 15536, 15540, 15542, 15547, 15557, 15585, 15615, 15620, 15633, 15662, 15666, 15723, 15776, 15781, 15819, 15828, 15839, 15840, 15864, 15878, 15893, 15901, 15929, 15935, 15940, 15953, 15972, 15980, 15988, 16008, 16010, 16012, 16014 written off |
1987 | 15474, 15484, 15519, 15544, 15559, 15565, 15638, 15684, 15685, 15697, 15739, 15742, 15796, 15820, 15829, 15832, 15838, 15842, 15860, 15869, 15925, 15938, 15963 written off |
1989 | 15449, 15458, 15479, 15488, 15507, 15549, 15584, 15622, 15663, 15669, 15709, 15710, 15732, 15744, 15745, 15790, 15806, 15813, 15821, 15833, 15837, 15853, 15872, 15942, 15984, 15987 written off |
1990 | 15408, 15413, 15422, 15429, 15435, 15439, 15443, 15455, 15482, 15501, 15502, 15513, 15515, 15520, 15527, 15528, 15531, 15545, 15546, 15566, 15570, 15572, 15578, 15580, 15594, 15605, 15626, 15628, 15631, 15635, 15639, 15646, 15648, 15649, 15651, 15653, 15658, 15659, 15661, 15668, 15676, 15680, 15687, 15691, 15704, 15707, 15717, 15719, 15722, 15729, 15734, 15749, 15753, 15754, 15755, 15759, 15760, 15762, 15766, 15769, 15770, 15773, 15777, 15785, 15793, 15795, 15797, 15804, 15807, 15808, 15812, 15815, 15830, 15835, 15859, 15867, 15881, 15882, 15892, 15896, 15902, 15907, 15910, 15911, 15913, 15921, 15923, 15936, 15951, 15961, 15966, 15979, 15991, 16002, 16011 written off |
Unaccounted for 15789, 15973. Probably written off 1990. |
The WAGR outline diagram is shown below. |