Class RCH wooden bodied bulk grain wagons

Accident damaged RCH 24275 G.R.Watson (RHWA collection)

In 1970 fifty RCW class wagons were fitted with Glass Fibre roofs and hatches and reclassified RCH. A further forty followed in 1971. In 1973 24091 was re-converted to class RCB, possibly after an accident but more conversions from class RCB followed in the late 1970s and continued until class RCB was extinct.

In more recent years the side doors of the RCH class have been replaced by planking whilst in other wagons the planks were replaced completely.

Accident damaged RCH 24095

In 1988 -1990 some wagons were converted to QL (later QD) class flat wagons for sodium cyanide containers. In 1993 sixteen RCH class wagons were converted to RCC class high-sided open wagons for coal traffic.

1970 24035, 24036, 24037, 24049, 24052, 24074, 24091, 24111, 24120, 24125, 24139, 24149, 24152, 24156, 24177, 24178, 24184, 24192, 24194, 24204, 24206, 24210, 24221, 24234, 24243, 24246, 24253, 24264, 24275, 24287, 24290, 24297, 24305, 24315, 24330, 24335, 24341, 24352, 24358, 24366, 24379, 24380, 24382, 24393, 24395, 24399, 24404, 24407, 24411, 24413 ex RCW
1971 24021, 24023, 24024. 24026, 24029, 24041, 24066, 24068, 24069, 24078, 24080, 24105, 24110, 24112, 24115, 24136, 24148, 24154, 24176, 24235, 24240, 24266, 24272, 24273, 24281, 24288, 24294, 24299, 24300, 24307, 24329, 24343, 24354, 24355, 24364, 24368, 24370, 24405, 24408, 24414 ex RCW
1973 24091 to RCB
1976 24120, 24335 written off
1977 24044, 24212 ex RCB
1978 24030, 24039, 24040, 24057, 24085, 24095, 24102, 24108, 24130, 24145, 24151, 24162, 24167, 24171, 24200, 24219, 24226, 24233, 24238, 24239, 24241, 24252, 24257, 24270, 24279, 24282, 24289, 24312, 24313, 24324, 24346, 24351, 24376, 24418 ex RCB
1979 24232 ex RCW

24025, 24028, 24056, 24067, 24077, 24081, 24083, 24097, 24101, 24119, 24121, 24122, 24140, 24142, 24144, 24195, 24196, 24197, 24203, 24213, 24215, 24217, 24245, 24255, 24261, 24267, 24283, 24292, 24328, 24333 ex RCB

24380 written off

1980 24153, 24377 ex RCW

24034, 24046, 24048, 24059, 24062, 24064, 24070, 24079, 24089, 24090, 24092, 24098, 24099, 24100, 24107, 24118, 24128, 24129, 24135, 24137, 24143, 24159, 24163, 24164, 24165, 24166, 24168, 24170, 24174, 24179, 24181, 24182, 24183, 24186, 24187, 24188, 24190, 24201, 24209, 24216, 24230, 24236, 24248, 24256, 24258, 24260, 24262, 24263, 24269, 24274, 24295, 24298, 24304, 24308, 24311, 24322, 24327, 24331, 24336, 24338, 24340, 24348, 24374, 24388, 24389, 24396, 24398, 24406, 24416, 24420 ex RCB

1981 24339 ex RCW

24022, 24032, 24060, 24075, 24076, 24082, 24088, 24103, 24106, 24117, 24133, 24146, 24157, 24158, 24173, 24180, 24193, 24205, 24211, 24218, 24220, 24224, 24225, 24231, 24237, 24244, 24247, 24254, 24265, 24276, 24284, 24286, 24301, 24306, 24309, 24323, 24337, 24342, 24345, 24363, 24371, 24373, 24375, 24381, 24386, 24394, 24401, 24410 ex RCB

1982 24372 ex RCW

24277, 24320, 24391 ex RCB

1985 24193, 24351 written off
1987 24057, 24059, 24095 written off
1988 24118, 24171, 24252, 24295, 24305, 24307, 24325 written off

24081, 24224 (written back), 24346, 24192 to QL and then QD in December 1988.

24115, 24121 written off RCH to QD

1990 24079 written off and then written back again.

24026, 24135 (written back), 24323 to QD

1992 24082, 24217 written off
1993 24048, 24102, 24125, 24133, 24140, 24184, 24187, 24216, 24246, 24315, 24338, 24342, 24370, 24372, 24379, 24418 to RCC

24170 written off

2005 24253 at Forrestfield without bogies

24024, 24032, 24035, 24040, 24044, 24052, 24056, 24062, 24074, 24079, 24080, 24089, 24091, 24101, 24103, 24106, 24110, 24119, 24122, 24129, 24136, 24139, 24142, 24144, 24145, 24151, 24153, 24162, 24163, 24164, 24166, 24179, 24183, 24201, 24210, 24212, 24213, 24215, 24220, 24230, 24247, 24255, 24256, 24257, 24267, 24270, 24281, 24283, 24287, 24288, 24290, 24292, 24298, 24301, 24306, 24308, 24312, 24324, 24341, 24343, 24364, 24373, 24376, 24393 at Forrestfield

The original WAGR outline diagram is shown below, but as can be seen from the photos the side doors were eliminated at some point.

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