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US built RA class open wagons
The RA class was built in two groups. Two hundred and fifty wagons were built by Oldbury Carriage and Wagon Co in the Britain whilst 60 wagons were built by Duluth Smith McMillan & Co in America. The American wagons were numbered 6210-6269 and were all delivered in 1903. Unlike the British built wagons they used diamond frame bogies. The earliest casualties were 6227 and 6267 written off in 1942. However, there were also some conversions in 1942 as nine wagons had their bodies removed to form class RAA. They were reconverted later in the war. The conversions were as follows:
1942 |
6213/9, 6224/5, 6232/7, 6240, 6265/9 to RAA |
1944 |
6213/9, 6224/5, 6232/7, 6240, 6269 from RAA |
1945 |
6265 from RAA |
I don't know if any of this group were involved in the re-bodying programme of the 1950's but I doubt it. Withdrawal of this class occurred as follows:
1947 |
6217, 6235, 6243, 6268 written off 6219 to JETTY 50 |
1948 |
6228 written off (JETTY 452 since 1935 but this may be an error in the list!) |
1949 |
6221 written off 6214, 6236, 6258 to JETTY 713, 706, 686 |
1950 |
6215, 6246 to JETTY 781, 832 |
1951 |
6239, 6246 written off |
1952 |
6249 written off as missing |
1953 |
6263 written off |
1955 |
6210/2/3/6/8, 6220/2/3/5, 6237, 6244/5, 6250/1/3/4/6/7/9, 6161/4/5/9 written off 6211, 6238, 6240, 6241, 6262 to JETTY 102, 104, 97, 108, 103 |
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1956 |
6226, 6230 written off |
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1957 |
6248 to JETTY 166 |
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1958 |
6229, 6231, 6233, 6242, 6247 written off |
| 1959 | w/o 6233 to JETTY 243 |
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1960 |
6252 written off |
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1961 |
6224 written off |
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1962 |
6234 written off |
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1965 |
6232 written off |
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1971 |
6260 written off |
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1972 |
6255 to JETTY 38 |
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1974 |
6266 written off |
In addition during 1953 the bodywork was temporarily removed from 6210, 6220/5, 6230/1/8, 6244/5.
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