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. |