Class D (class G before 1900) GSR type vans
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In 1896 the first pair of an order of 55 vans for the Great Southern Railway (G.S.R) were delivered. The remaining vans followed until by 1898 there was a class with numbers from 4151-4200. The original GSR numbers of these vans is not known. In Februaruy 1900 4195 was destroyed in a fire at Cue goods shed. By the time record cards started in 1909 D4158 had also gone. However 4362 and 4381 were also of this type but numbered amongst the ex GSR cattle wagons. They could possibly be conversions of the cattle wagons. |
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In about 1903/4 number 4183 was reclassified as a workmen's van (class DW) but it eventually came back into the fold in 1925. Number 4193 was a DW from 1931 to 1936. In 1953 numbers 4168, 4172, 4189, 4191 and 4198 were reclassified as workmen's vans as was 4175 from 1959.
The records also note that in 1912 4180 was "rebuilt" as was 4184 in 1914. Just what this involved is not clear. Number 4174 was re-bodied as late as 1953 and not written off until 1971. I have a suspicion that some of these vans may have been replaced by later standard D vans of one type or another but photographic confirmation is needed. Late survivors and in particular 4174 are likely to have been standard 16'-0" vans from 1953 if not well before. Disposal dates for these vans are as follows:
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1931 |
4157,4166/7,4171/7, 4181/6 written off |
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1954 |
4156, 4163/5, 4170/3/6, 4188, 4192, 4381 written off |
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1933 |
4152, 4160, 4194 to JETTY 218, 217, 219 respectively. |
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1955 |
4162/9, 4183/4 written off |
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1934 |
4151/5, 4164 converted to N class |
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1956 |
4193, 4200 written off |
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1936 |
4150, 4161 to JETTY 238, 184 |
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1958 |
4196 written off |
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1939 |
4178, 4199 to PWD Port Hedland |
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1959 |
4159 written off (To first aid van Albany Jetty) |
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4153, 4179, 4180 written off |
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1960 |
4185 written off |
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4153 written back |
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1961 |
4362 written off |
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1952 |
4153/4, 4182, 4190/7 |
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1962 |
4187 written off |
This design of van was also used by the Midland Railway of Western Australia as their class B (MRWA).
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