M.R.W.A. Class D and DX Bogie sheep trucks. Never taken into W.A.G.R. stock
A pair of MRWA DX class sheep trucks. The nearer of the two appears to be DX674. Photo Alan Hamiilton courtesy of Joe Moir.
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In about 1902 the M.R.W.A. acquired 12 bogie sheep trucks. These were numbered 11D- 22D. Another five (23D-27D) appeared by 1910. In 1912 the whole group were renumbered 216-232. The following year a final batch of five (314-318) were built. At some point between 1929 and 1932 the whole group were renumbered indiscriminately into a new series as D654-675. Known examples are 654(ex219), 655 (ex 316 and 656 (ex 216). These numbers followed on from a batch of three wagons 651-653 constructed in 1929. Finally in 1933 the last wagon, D676, was added to give a total of twenty-six. From 1936 conversion to the new DX standard started. Withdrawal followed from 1961. |
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1936 |
D654 to DX |
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1950 |
D655 to DX |
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1951 |
D660 to DX |
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1954 |
D653, 669 to DX |
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1961 |
D657, 658 written off D656, 667, 668, 673, 676 stowed |
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1963 |
D651, 652, 656, 661-668, 670-2, 676 written off |
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1964/5 |
DX653-6, 660, 669 written off |
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1965 |
D659, 673-5 converted to Jetty wagons 309, 305, 223 and 222 |
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