| Class GW bulk wheat wagons
WAGR official photo of GW2575 when new. RHWA collection. |
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This group of sixty wagons was created in 1937 for Bunbury Jetty use by the conversion of standard G class open wagons. The original conversion added high side extensions and three small doors along the bottom of each side. The original WAGR outline diagram of the GW is shown below.
Eventually the opening at the top was also reduced in width by a partial roof. They were replaced at Bunbury by the GSW class wagons built between 1963 and 1965. It is known that at least the last three wagons converted to NS had already been stripped of their bodywork as class GW before they were reclassified.
Written off GW class wagons (GW3823 nearest camera). |
| The fate of the wagons in this class was as follows: | |
| 1937 | 297, 457, 462, 475, 505, 816/9, 820, 836, 862, 863, 893, 1022, 1030, 1092, 1109, 1138, 1168, 1170, 1461, 1467, 1479, 1488, 2036, 2460, 2462, 2477, 2486, 2540, 2544, 2545, 2575, 2581, 2587, 2599, 2609, 2611, 2628, 2632, 2641, 2657, 2660, 2682, 2714, 2827, 3034, 3072, 3078, 3085, 3684, 3735, 3740, 3748, 3749, 3809, 3823, 3854, 3866, 3997, 4058 converted from class G |
| 1963 | 1479, 2641, 3078 written off. To JETTY 194, 206 & 193 respectively. |
| 1964 | 505, 3034 written off |
| 1965 | 297, 457, 462, 475, 820, 836, 863, 1030, 1170, 2460, 2477, 2486, 2540, 2581, 2587, 2609, 2827, 3085, 3684, 3735, 3748, 3749, 3823, 3866, 3997 written off |
| 1966 | 862, 893, 1022, 1109, 1138, 1467, 2036, 2544, 2575, 2611, 2628, 2632, 2714, 3072, 3809, 4058 converted to NS |
| 1967 | 816, 1461, 1488, 2545 converted to NS
3823 written back |
| 1968 | 819, 1092, 2462, 2599, 2682 converted to NS |
| 1969 | 2657 written off |
| 1973 | 2660, 3823 written off
3740, 3854 converted to NS |
| 1975 | 1168 converted to NS |
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The later WAGR outline diagram is shown below.
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