Class EA
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This group of vans appeared in 1934 as a batch of 6 vans on a 16'-0" steel underframe numbered 5009, 5173/5, 5985, 6026 and 6384. They were originally intended for lamb traffic but were later used for other things such as butter. A second batch of 15 followed in 1939 (4536-4547, 4549-4551). They were written of as listed in the table below. The first one was almost certainly an accident victim. The body of EA4546 survived as a store for some time and is shown at left. |
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1950 |
6026 |
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1973 |
5009 |
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1968 |
4537 |
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1974 |
4546 |
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1969 |
5173 |
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1975 |
4543/4 |
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1970 |
4542/5, 5985, 6384 |
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1977 |
5175 |
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1971 |
4538 |
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1978 |
4536, 4549 |
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1972 |
4539, 4540/1/7, 4550/1 |
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Four E class vans were reclassified EA in 1940 (5221) and 1954 (5225/6/8). These four vans had been part of a group of fifteen E class vans built at Midland in 1901. They were 17'-0" long over headstocks. It is not clear if they were rebuilt or rebodied when reclassified to EA. They wagons were written off as follows:
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1968 |
5221 |
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1973 |
5228 |
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1975 |
5226, 5226 |
Other Cold storage vans
The W.A.G.R.'s other cold storage trucks were classes
E and EB, and the bogie vehicles in Classes W, WA, WAM, WAR, WBR and WVD.|
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