Class QD and QL Sodium Cyanide container wagons

WAGR official view of QL24081 (RHWA collection)

In 1988 four RCH class wagons (24081, 24192, 24224 and 24346) were converted to class QL flat wagons for Sodium Cyanide containers. In the same year a further three RCH class wagons (24198, 24228 and 24318) and two RCWs (24115 and 24121) were converted to class QD (the third group of wagons to use this code). In 1989 the four QLs also became class QD. In 1990 RCH 24026, 24135, 24323 was converted to QD. All wagons in this class were written off in September 1996.

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