The Western Mining Corporation acquired thirty-four WMC class hopper wagons in 1965/6. They were numbered 11-30 (1965) and 31-54 (1966).
In 1969 eleven of them were written off (14, 17, 20, 22, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, 37, 47) and eleven more issued as new stock (55-65)! In 1971 numbers 41 and 49 were written off and in 1975 the remaining wagons (11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23-26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42-46, 48, 50-65) were rebuilt to WMD standard with side extensions for wheat traffic.
In 1987 16, 42, 50 and 53 were converted to class WME.
