| Class QCG flat wagon for containers used for transport of potatoes. |
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QCG 23665. Photo by Joe Moir (P Melling collection). |
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This class of ten wagons was the final variant of the flat wagons built around the standard 42'-0" post-war underframe. It came into being as the result of converting QCE and QCF class wagons, originally for containers for potatoes. Later any container traffic was carried. The brief history of the class is tabulated below: |
| 1980 | 23595, 23626, 23640, 23644, 23657, 23665 ex QCE |
| 1981 | 23582 ex QCF |
| 1982 | 23649 ex QCE
23580 ex QCF |
| 1983 | 23596 ex QCE |
| 1987 | 23640 to QK |
| 1990 | 23595 written off |
| 1992 | 23582, 23596, 23644, 23649, 23657 written off |
| 1993 | 23580, 23626, 23640, 23665 written off |
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