Class HB low-sided wagons

Class HB low-sided wagons

In 1926 class HB was produced by the conversion of a number of J class tankers and G class open wagons. They were intended for transporting harvesters and although they used the standard N.Z.R. type underframe the bodies were 8'-0" wide compared to the 6'-10" of a standard H class wagon. Eventually the class totalled seventy-seven wagons. The wagons of this class were built as follows:

HB3965 - probably a WAGR photo taken around the 1940s: ARHS Collection

1926	340, 477 798, 847, 851, 1136, 1217, 1235, 1484, 1907, 1916, 1990, 2310, 2331, 2343, 2362, 2416, 2618, 2627, 2673/9, 2699, 2706, 2722, 2790, 2836, 2844, 3083, 3117, 3134, 3668, 3701/5/6, 3716, 3793/5, 3833, 3860, 3872, 3912/7, 3923, 3954, 3961/5, 4011, 4048, 4057, 4091/4, 4115, 4132 converted from class J 3721, 3930 converted from class G
1927	454, 1028, 1472, 3831, 3935, 4003, 4102, 4124 converted from class J 512 1175, 2708 converted from class G
1928	2690 converted from class J
1930	77, 1927, 2029, 2257, 2496, 2576, 2692, 2792, 3708, 4921 converted from class J

These wagons were written off over a long period, but it is probable that all of the ones which went before 1968 were accident victims.

1945 1948	3872 written off 2792 written off	1970	851, 1175, 1472, 2362, 2416, 3083, 3117, 3860, 3954, 4124 written off 1217, 2679 to JETTY 18, 14 respectively.
1950	2699 written off	1971	340, 1484, 1927, 2310, 2692, 2722, 4048, 4057, 4115 written off 2496 to JETTY 33
1953	2257, 4132 written off 2690 missing at stocktake	1972	847, 1235, 2029, 2331, 2618, 2673, 2706, 2708, 3668, 3705, 3721, 3793, 3795, 3833, 3912, 3923, 3930, 4003, 4011 written off 3716 to JETTY 48
1960	2836 written off	1973	1907, 1916, 2790, 3701, 3935 written off
1962	3708 written off	1976	2576, 3706 written off
1963	4102 written off	1977	512 written off
1968	77, 454, 477, 798, 1028, 1136, 1990, 2343, 2627, 2844, 3134, 3831, 3917, 3961, 3965, 4091, 4094, 4921 written off