| Class KW steel open wagons for bulk wheat |
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WAGR Official view of KW10669 (RHWA Collection) |
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In 1931/2 a total of 120 K class wagons were fitted with wooden extensions to the sides and tarpaulin rails for wheat traffic. The first wagon to be converted was 10645 which ran for some time in its new condition as class K . The wagons were converted and reclassified KW as follows: 1931 10619, 10645, 10653, 10659, 10660, 10666, 10667, 10668, 10669, 10678, 10681, 10691, 10693, 10697, 10707, 10714, 10717, 10722, 10725, 10728, 10729, 10744, 10755, 10764, 10755, 10758, 10781, 10782, 10783, 10786, 10802, 10804, 10805, 10807, 10811, 10812, 10832, 10859, 10861, 10866, 10991, 11007, 11016, 11017, 11021, 11023, 11026, 11034, 11043, 11061, 11062, 11064, 11070, 11072, 11075, 11076, 11078, 11082, 11086, 11090, 11092 |
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1932 10618, 10620, 10621, 10625, 10629, 10633, 10648, 10649, 10656, 10657, 10671, 10684, 10685, 10692, 10694, 10704, 10718, 10732, 10747, 10758, 10760, 10767, 10770, 10780, 10784, 10788, 10789, 10795, 10797, 10815, 10817, 10820, 10825, 10837, 10839, 10841, 10844, 10845, 10846, 10847, 10851, 10856, 10857, 10870, 11010, 11012, 11014, 11015, 11018, 11020, 11029, 11048, 11063, 11065, 11073, 11084, 11091, 11097, 11098, 11099 |
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| None of this class were ever converted to any other class and were slowly written off over a thirty-three year period as follows: |
| 1950 | 10657 |
| 1953 | 11043, 11099 |
| 1962 | 10692, 10780, 10844, 11070 |
| 1964 | 10725, 10788, 10857 |
| 1965 | 10620, 10789 |
| 1966 | 10678, 10747, 10804, 10817, 11021, 11078
11018 to JETTY 327 |
| 1970 | 10656, 10778, 11076, 11084 |
| 1971 | 10648, 10667, 10671, 10717, 10732, 10744, 10847, 10861, 10870, 11012, 11023, 11034, 11061, 11063, 11092, |
| 1972 | 10619, 10707, 10722, 10805, 10811, 10845, 10846, 10851, 11020, 11086 |
| 1973 | 10660, 10760, 10764, 10786, 10991, 11016, 11091 |
| 1974 | 10728, 10832 |
| 1975 | 10621, 11017 |
| 1976 | 10649, 10659, 10684, 10758, 10770, 10781, 10784, 10802, 10859 |
| 1977 | 10714, 10718, 10783, 10815, 11082 |
| 1978 | 10691, 10694, 10704, 10797, 10807, 11014, 11062 |
| 1979 | 10629, 10681, 10729, 10767, 10782, 10795, 10812, 10820, 10825, 10841, 11048, 11065 |
| 1980 | 10618, 10653, 10668, 10839, 11007, 11029, 11097 |
| 1981 | 10633, 10666/9, 10685, 10693, 10837, 10856, 11064, 11090, 11098
10685 written back |
| 1982 | 10755, 11026, 11075 |
| 1983 | 10625, 10645, 10685, 10697, 10866, 11010, 11015, 11072, 11073 |
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The WAGR outline diagram is shown below.
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Some of the wagons seem to have gained a replacement metal tubular ridge pole in place of the original wooden one as seen on KW10812 at right. Others lost the ridge pole completely in favour of cane support brackets as seen on KW10685 below. |
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