Class RD and RM Wooden bodied bogie open wagons
The standard R class bogie open wagon had one 10'-0" wide drop door at the centre of each side. In 1910 thirty of these wagons were modified so that the whole side would drop in three sections. These wagons were reclassified RD. By 1920 a whole new area of business had opened up - transporting motor cars. Some of the RDs were modified for this traffic by being rebuilt to a width of 8'-0". At some point from 1930 the motor car wagons were reclassified RM. Two of these wagons (RD686 & 1307) worked on the isolated Port Hedland - Marble Bar line from 1937.
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1910 |
684-688,1304-1309,1310-1313,1315-1328, 4896 converted from R to RD |
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1920 |
1308,1313 altered to carry motor cars |
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1930 |
1323 altered to carry motor cars - reclassified RM |
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1308-1311, 1322, 1323 All believed to have become class RM. And rebuilt to 8'-0" width. There is some doubt as to whether 1313 was modified to 8'-0" width. |
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1937 |
RD686, 1307 vacuum brake removed and transferred to Port Hedland - Marble Bar line |
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1939 |
R2176 converted to RD |
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1951 |
RD1306 to JETTY 863 RD686, 1307 transferred to PWD Port Hedland |
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1953 |
RD1312, RM1323 written off |
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1954 |
RD1318 written off |
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1957 |
RD1304 written off |
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1958 |
RM1311, RD1319, RD2176 written off |
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1959 |
RD685, RM1309, RD1320 written off |
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1964 |
RM1313?, RM1323 written off |
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1965 |
RD1321 written off |
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1967 |
RD687, RD1305, RD1325, RD4896 written off |
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1968 |
, RD1327 written off Written off 1305, 1325 to JETTY 338, 339 RD684, RD1317, RD1328 to JETTY 349, 341, 343 |
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1970 |
RM1310, RD1315 written off |
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1971 |
RD1316 written off |
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1972 |
RD688, RM1308, RD1324, RD1326 written off |
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