Class RBT wooden bodied open wagons

The body condition of many of the all steel RB class open wagons was becoming poor by the late 1950's and so in 1959/60 a group of 49 wagons were rebuilt with new timber bodies and reclassified RBT. The arrangement of the doors was different on the RBT's compared with the wooden RB's.

1959	715, 761, 775, 776, 815, 2490, 3855, 5004, 9689, 11187, 11191, 11194, 11196, 11197, 11202, 11204, 11214, 11215, 11222, 11230, 11233, 11234, 11235, 11237, 11238, 11241, 11246, 11251, 11253, 11259, 11264, 11273, 11279, 11283, 11284, 11285, 11287, 11288, 11293, 11295, 11297, 11298
1960	755, 11181, 11183, 11199, 11209, 11266, 11280

RBT11238 J.Parker(RHWA collection)

Number 11297 was written off in 1963 and in 1968 a single wagon from this class (11183) was converted into class RBC bulk cement wagon. Further two wagons (715, 776) were converted to class QRC flat wagons in 1971. Some of the remaining wagons were reclassified RB for reasons that are now unclear as these wagons retained their RBT type bodies. The final disposal of the remaining wagons is as follows:

1971	11293 to RB
1972	9689, 11181, 11187, 11209, 11214, 11234, 11279 written off 755, 2490, 11284 to RB 11187 ex written off RBT to RB
1973	761, 3855, 11197, 11199, 11215, 11241 written off RB11293 written off
1975	11251 written off
1976	11295 to RB
1977	11196, 11202, 11285 written off
1978	11191, 11235 written off
1979	11187 written off
1980	775, 5004, 11273, 11280 written off
1981	11204 written off
1982	11194, 11237, 11238, 11259, 11287 written off
1983	815, 11222, 11230, 11233, 11246, 11253, 11266, 11288 written off RB755, 2490, 11284, 11295 written off

The WAGR outline diagram is shown below.