{2}{1}K and KS class Steel open wagons
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In 1927 a new class of all steel open wagon appeared in Western Australia. It was given the redundant K class code previously used for ballast wagons although why it was not given a code in the G class group is not clear. A total of 375 wagons of this type were constructed in 1927/8 numbered as follows: 1927 - 10161-10701, 1928 - 10702-10870, 10984-11103. A further 45 were built for the M.R.W.A. as P 420-429 (illustrated left). |
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In 1931/2 a total of 120 K class wagons were fitted with wooden extensions to the sides and tarpaulin rails for wheat traffic. They were then reclassified KW as follows:
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1931 |
10619, 10645, 10653/9, 10660/6-9, 10678, 10681, 10691/3/7, 10707, 10714/7, 10722/5/8/9, 10744, 10755, 10764, 10755/8, 10781-3/6, 10802/4/5/7, 10811/2, 10832, 10859, 10861/6, 10991, 11007, 11016/7, 11021/3/6, 11034, 11043, 11061/2/4, 11070/2/5/6/8, 11082/6, 11090/2 |
1932 |
1018, 10620/1/5/9, 10633, 10648/9, 10656/7, 10671, 10684/5, 10692/4, 10704, 10718, 10732, 10747, 10758, 10760/7, 10770, 10780/4/8/9, 10795/7, 10815/7, 10820/5, 10837/9, 10841/4-7, 10851/6/7, 10870, 11010/2/4/5/8, 11020/9, 11048, 11063/5, 11073, 11084, 11091/7-9 |
In 1935 nine wagons (10683, 10702, 10739, 10740/6, 10821, 10862, 10985, 11042) were converted to carry two cement containers by removing the sides and ends. They became class KC. They were all reconverted to K class standard in 1941.
In 1936 K class wagons formed the basis for the JK class tankers. In this conversion the doors were plated over and a wooden roof fitted. This class existed for some time and conversions to and from JK are as listed below. In the early years the same wagons seem to have been involved each time and it may be that they ran as class K with sealed sides and no doors. From 1951 such wagons were classified KC (again) and used for coal traffic. Some wagons were converted from JK to KC rather than back to class K.
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1936 |
10628, 10635, 10650, 10665, 10675, 10688, 10712/6, 10727, 10730/6, 10742/5, 10750, 10765, 10775/9, 10834, 10984, 10995, 11001/3, 11030/6/8, 11047, 11053/5/6/8, 11060/7, 11071/4, 11085, 11101 to JK 10628, 11036 ex JK |
1937 |
10635, 10650, 10665, 10675, 10688, 10712/6, 10727, 10730/6, 10742/5, 10750, 10765, 10775/9, 10834, 10984, 10995, 11001/3, 11030/8, 11047, 11053/5/6/8, 11060/7, 11071/4, 11085, 11101 ex JK |
1944 |
10628, 10635, 10650/8, 10661/5, 10675, 10688, 10716, 10721/3/7, 10730, 10742/5, 10750/9, 10761, 10772/5/6/9, 10814/8, 10834/5, 10850, 10868, 10984/8, 10993, 11001/3, 11025, 11030/6, 11041/7, 11053/5-8, 11060/7, 11071/4, 11085, 11093, 11101 to JK |
1945 |
10628, 10635, 10650/8, 10661/5, 10675, 10688, 10716, 10721/3/7, 10730, 1072610750/9, 10761, 10772/5/6/9, 10814/8, 10834/5, 10850, 10868, 10984/8, 10993, 11001/3, 11025, 11030/6, 11041/7, 11053/5-8, 11060/7, 11071/4, 11085, 11093, 11101 ex JK |
1948 |
10628, 10650, 10661/5, 10675, 10688, 10721/3/7, 10730, 10742/5, 10750/9, 10761, 10772/5/6/9, 10814/8, 10834/5, 10868, 10988, 10993/5, 11001/3, 11025, 11030/6/8, 11041, 11053/5-8, 11060/7, 11085, 11093, 11101 to JK |
1949 |
10617, 10627, 10632/4/9, 10643, 10696, 10726, 10754, 10763, 10794, 10821/3, 10863/7, 10986, 11032/5, 11042/7/9, 11050/1, 11080/8, 11095 to JK 10617, 10627, 10632/4/9, 10643, 10650, 10661/5, 10675, 10688, 10696, 10726/7, 10742/5, 10750/4/9, 10761/3, 10772/5/9, 10794, 10814/8, 10823, 10835, 10863/7/8, 10986/8, 10995, 11001/3, 11032/5, 11041/2/9, 11051/3/5-8, 11060/7, 11080/5/8, 11083 ex JK 10617, 10626, 10635, 10675, 10716, 10733, 10745, 10761, 10772/5/9, 10794, 10814/8, 10823, 10838, 10850/8, 10863, 10995, 11001/3, 11041/2/9, 11053/6/7, 11060/7, 11071, 11088 to JK |
1950 |
10616, 10624/7, 10630/1/4/8/9, 10641-4, 10650/2/4/5/8, 10663/5, 10672/9, 10683/8/9, 10695/6/9, 10701/3/8, 10710/1/3, 10726/7, 10734/5/8, 10740/2/3, 10750/2/4/6/7, 10762/3/6, 10771/4, 10785/7, 10791/6, 10800/1/3/9, 10813/6/9, 10822/7/8, 10835, 10840, 10853/5, 10867-9, 10894, 10985-8, 10994/7-9, 11000/2/5/6, 11022, 11032/3/5, 11044, 11051/2/5/8, 11068, 11074, 11080/1/5/9, 11093/6, 11102 to JK |
1951 |
10616, 10624, 10639, 10641, 10654/5/8, 10675, 10683, 10696, 10708, 10723, 10730/3/5, 10742, 10754/9, 10761, 10771/6/9, 10785/7, 10794, 10809, 10818/9, 10821/3, 10834/8, 10840, 10855, 10868, 10988, 10995/8, 11000/1, 11033/5/8, 11041/2/4, 11050/1/7, 11060/8 ex JK |
1954 |
10647, 10654, 10675, 10768, 10798, 10818, 11024, 11060/6, 11100 to JK |
In 1937/8 twenty wagons were converted to carry lime sand and reclassified KL. The wagons involved were 10843(in 1937) and 10636, 10662, 10698, 10700, 10712, 10736, 10748, 10765, 10790, 10808, 10826, 10848, 10865, 10992, 11031/9, 11046, 11054, 11103 (in 1938). This conversion involved wooden side extensions and a ridgepole and was similar to the KW conversion. One of these wagons reverted to class K (number 10843 in 1961).
In 1938 a number of wagons were temporarily fitted with crate floors to carry lambs and reclassified KS. This process was repeated in 1939 and 1940. The wagons involved were:
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1938 |
10617, 10622, 10640/3/4, 10679, 10699, 10705/9, 10710/3/9, 10721/3, 10734/7/8, 10741/2/5, 10766/9, 10776, 10816, 10831/4/6/8, 10850, 10989, 10997, 11006/9, 11013, 11024, 11032/7, 11041/5, 11051/7/9, 11060, 11074, 11080/9, 11093/6, 11100/1 to KS and back to K |
1939 |
10622, 10631, 10640/6, 10651/2/4, 10664, 10672/3/5/7, 10680, 10708, 10719, 10726/7, 10730, 10741, 10750/6 10769, 10792, 10810/6, 10823, 10831/4, 10842, 10854/5, 10984/8/9, 10994, 11004/8, 11028, 11035, 11050/2/7-9, 11066, 11074, 11083/7/8, 11093 to KS |
1940 |
10622, 10631, 10640/6, 10651/2/4, 10664, 10672/3/5/7, 10680, 10708, 10719, 10726/7, 10730, 10741, 10750/6 10769, 10792, 10810/6, 10823, 10831/4, 10842, 10854/5, 10984/8/9, 10994, 11004/8, 11028, 11035, 11050/2/7-9, 11066, 11074, 11083/7/8, 11093 KS to K 10635/7, 10641, 10663, 10679, 10708, 10715, 10726, 10742, 10769, 10773/5, 10793, 10801/6, 10833/6, 10842, 10869, 10986/7, 10995/8, 11036, 11047 to KS |
1942 |
10635/7, 10641, 10663, 10679, 10708, 10715, 10726, 10742, 10769, 10773/5, 10793, 10801/6, 10833/6, 10842, 10869, 10986/7, 10995/8, 11036, 11047 KS to K |
The remaining details for class K consist of wagons rebuilt from class KC and a slow withdrawal programme as follows:
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1942 |
11081 to MRWA as their PA409. |
1945 |
10836 written off |
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1948 |
11004 written off |
1953 |
10833 written off |
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1958 |
10731 written off |
1961 |
10627, 10663, 11030 ex KC |
1962 |
10626, 10638, 10672, 10710, 10791, 10818, 10858, 11022, 11058, 11089 ex KC |
1963 |
10688, 10734, 10756 ex KC |
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1964 |
11002, 11101 ex KC 10995, 11079 written off |
1965 |
10798 ex KC |
1966 |
10622, 10658, 10702, 10709, 10749, 10769, 10777, 10785, 10810, 10823, 10854, 11019, 11050, 11069 written off 10830, 10862 to JETTY 320, 324. Two others to JETTY 318, 319 |
1967 |
10739, 10753 written off |
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1968 |
w/o 11069 to JETTY 329 10998 written off |
1969 |
10751/9, 10860, 11033 written off |
1970 |
10640/6, 10676, 10683/8, 10690, 10706, 10715, 10730/4/5, 10746, 10754/6, 10773, 10799, 10809, 10821/4, 10849, 10864/8, 11000/1/2/8, 11045, 11077, 11087, 11101 written off |
1971 |
10616, 10639, 10644, 10696, 10761, 10819, 10843, 10988, 11040, 11051, 11094 written off |
1972 |
10673, 10686, 10723, 10842, 10996, 11009, 11013, 11057 written off |
1973 |
10641, 10655, 10705, 10724, 10798 written off |
1975 |
10638, 10663, 10677, 10680/7, 10710, 10787, 10794, 10806, 10814, 10829, 10839, 10990, 11041/2/4, 11058, 11083/9 written off |
1976 |
10741, 10791, 10852, 11011, 11035, 11068 written off |
1978 |
10637, 10661, 10733, 10776, 10831, 10840, written off |
1979 |
10623/4/6/7, 10632, 10670/2/4, 10682, 10708, 10719, 10720, 10737, 10742, 10771/9, 10792/3, 10818, 10858, 11022/7, 11030/7/8, 11059 written off |
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