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Class RB Steel bodied open wagons
In 1930 a new design of all steel bogie open wagon appeared. Construction continued until 1937 by which time a total of 177 had been built as follows:
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1930 |
11179-11303 |
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1935 |
18,226, 284, 334, 492, 680, 715, 835, 840, 1054, 1521, 1901, 2066, 2490, 2560, 2601, 2645, 2735, 3094, 3234, 3734/7, 3786, 3855, 3876, 4050, 4288, 4293, 5003/4, 7094, 9689 |
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1936 |
749, 755/9, 761/2/8, 770/5/6/9, 782/4 |
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1937 |
791, 804, 815, 821/8, 844, 942/7 |
However during this period forty of the first batch of these wagons were fitted with wooden side extensions and a ridge pole and
reclassified RBW for bulk wheat traffic. These conversions occurred as follows:|
1931 |
11185, 11192, 11208, 11213/6-9, 11228/9, 11243, 11263/9, 11275-7, 11291/6/9 |
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1932 |
11186/9, 11190/3/5/8, 11211/2, 11221/4/6/7, 11231, 11250/5/7, 11260/2, 11270, 11282 |
From 1937 further RB construction had
wooden bodies. In 1942 a batch of 15 wagons (226, 284, 334, 492, 840, 1054, 2066, 2061, 2645, 3734, 3786, 3876, 4293, 5003, 7094) were sold to the Commonwealth government. Ten of these were converted to JU class oil tankers.The next conversion was thirty wagons rebuilt as flat wagons in 1953 and reclassified QRB (749, 779, 784, 828, 1901, 2735, 3094, 3234, 4050, 4288, 11179, 11182/4, 11203/5/6, 11220/5, 11232/6/9, 11244/5, 11272/8, 11281, 11292, 11301/3).
In 1955 number 844 was written off (whether due to an accident or poor condition of the bodywork I do not know). That the body condition was becoming poor is know as in 1959/60 a group of 49 wagons were rebuilt with new timber bodies and
reclassified RBT:|
1959 |
715, 761, 775/6, 815, 2490, 3855, 5004, 9689, 11187, 1191/4/6/7, 11202/4, 11214/5, 11222, 11230-3-5/7/8, 11241/6, 11251/3/9, 11264, 11273/9, 11283-5/7/8, 11293/5/7/8 |
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1960 |
755, 11181/3, 11199, 11209, 11266, 11280 |
The next conversions were to bulk cement wagons of
class RBC during the 1960's:|
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1965 |
1967 |
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11252 |
11271 |
768, 11294 |
1521 |
18 |
In 1967 number 680 was reclassified to
class QRT and fitted with a ballast sled. Number 11210 was written off in 1970 but in that same year the final group of conversions started when class QRC was created by rebuilding RB's as flat wagons. These conversions accounted for all of the remaining steel bodied RB's as follows:|
1970 |
759, 782, 791, 804, 947, 2560, 11201, 11247, 11261/5, 11289 |
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1971 |
762, 770, 821, 942, 3737, 11180/8, 11200/7, 11223, 11240/2/8/9, 11254/6/8, 11267/8, 11274, 11286, 11290, 11302. |
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