Class GN Class open wagon

WAGR official builders photo of GN 1160 (RHWA Collection)

This class of 116 wagons was built between 1943 and 1945 at Midland workshops. They took random numbers from written off wagons. From 1963 cane support brackets were fitted to the sides. Apart from accident victims the class survived largely intact until the late 1970's although they were never numerous compared to other classes such as the GC, GE and GM wagons.

The wagons in this class were built as follows:

1943 1160
1944 1926, 2035, 2066, 2077, 2083, 2158, 2194, 2283, 2323, 2448, 2453, 2466, 2470-2, 2488, 2501, 2513, 2523, 2525, 2531, 2532, 2537-9, 2553, 2563, 2585, 2590, 2601, 2602, 2612, 2630, 2637, 2638, 2640, 3333, 4992, 5843-9, 5850-7, 6270-6284, 9336-9, 9340-5, 9347-9, 9727, 9728
1945 2645, 2661, 2678, 2686, 2688, 2701, 2703, 2726, 2733, 2746, 2802, 2829, 2839, 2862, 2865, 2908, 2974, 2977, 2981, 3029, 3055, 3061, 3099, 3108, 3114, 3139, 3140, 3155, 3173, 320, 3242, 3286

There were no variants or conversions that affected this class and they were withdrawn from service as follows:
1953 3155 written off
1966 2194 written off
1970 2537 written off
1975 2323 written off
1976 3108 written off
1977 2470, 9342 written off
1978 2865, 9345 written off
1980 3108 written back
1981 5847 written off
1982 2501 written off
1983 All remaining wagons in this class written off.

The WAGR outline diagram is shown below.

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