Class NO Nickel ore container wagons

WAGR official photo of NO class wagon (RHWA collection)

A total of fifty wagons from classes BE, FD and HC were converted in 1967 into flat wagons to carry nickel ore containers. The conversions were as follows:

20406, 20473,20475, 20495, 20523, 20553, 20560, 20601, 20696 ex BE
13948 ex FD
21408, 21411, 21426, 21430, 21433, 21438, 21439, 21442, 21452, 21464, 21470, 21479, 21486, 21488, 21490, 21503, 21531, 21539, 21541, 21547, 21548, 21555, 21559, 21569, 21571, 21573, 21576, 21579 ex HC

From 1976 these wagons were converted into high-sided wagons of classes GHB and GHE as follows:

1976 13948, 20553, 21539, 21580, 21636 to GHB
1977 20406, 20475, 20495, 20523, 20560, 20601, 21411, 21426, 21430/3/8, 21479, 21486, 21490, 21531, 21547, 21555/9, 21571/9, 21582, 21595, 21608, 21625, 21638 to GHB

21548 to GHE

1978 21470, 21488, 21576, 21607, 21669 to GHE
1979 20472, 21541, 21598 to GHB

20696, 21408, 21439, 21442, 21452, 21464, 21503, 21569, 21573, 21585, 21663 to GHE

The WAGR outline diagram is shown below.

WAGR official photo of NO 21464 (RHWA collection)

Other Flat wagons

The W.A.G.R.'s flat trucks were classes N, NA, NC, NF, NFA, NFB, NFC, NS, NV , NW.

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