Class JA water tankers, JP class petrol tankers, JX class Bitumen tankers
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The second class to use the JA classification were a group of 2800 gallon water tankers built on the GC type chassis. The total of eighty-one wagons was constructed as follows: 1925 - 10289-10308 1928 - 10976-10983, 11104-11108 1929 - 1509, 2667, 3723, 11109-11128 1930 - 1089, 1448, 1952, 2605, 3079 1934 - 3794, 3847, 3861, 4152, 4160, 4194, 4355, 4522, 8377, 9346 1936 - 613, 620, 631/2/6/8, 644/9, 655, 668 |
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During this period some of these wagons were hired out to the oil companies and used to transport petrol. For this traffic they were fitted with a special manhole cover and reclassified JP. The wagons involved were:
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1927 |
10290/5/9, 10300/1/8 to JP (VACUUM) |
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1939 |
10295, 10300, 11123 to JP (C.O.R.) |
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1928 |
10293/7, 10977/9, 10983 to JP (SHELL) |
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1941 |
10295, 11123 ex JP |
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1929 |
11121-4/6 to JP (VACUUM) |
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1945 |
10299 ex JP |
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1930 |
10290/5/9, 10300/1/8, 11121-4/6 ex JP |
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1949 |
10295, 11123 to JP |
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1931 |
10293/7, 10977/9, 10983 ex JP |
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1962 |
10300 written off |
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1933 |
10290, 10300 to JP |
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1967 |
10290/5 written off |
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1934 |
10290, 10300 ex JP |
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1970 |
10301 written off |
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1936 |
10290/5, 10300/1, 11122/3 to JP |
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1972 |
10308, 11122/3 written off |
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10290/5, 10300, 11122/3 ex JP |
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1937 |
10301 ex JP, 10301 to JP (C.O.R.) |
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1938 |
10290 to JP (C.O.R.) |
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10299, 10308 to JP (Mapland, Geraldton) |
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11122 to JP (VACUUM) |
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From 1933 numbers 10300, 11104, 11112 and 11117 were used as poison tanks for the weed-killing train. Wagons known to have been used at some time for this traffic also include 1509, 2667, 10290, 10300/6/7, 10977/8, 10980/2, 11104/7, 11111/2/4/7, 11121/6. From 1935 to 1938 numbers 10299 and 10308 were used as residual oil tankers whilst 11119 was used as a rail washer.
In 1937 a variant on the JA design appeared when the final batch of ten wagons were turned out with all steel underframes. They were numbered 672/4, 682, 699, 1254, 1404, 1457, 1485, 1491, 1582. Another group of conversions started in 1939 when two wagons were converted to bitumen tankers and reclassified JX. The conversions and fate of the JX's were as follows:
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1939 |
655, 10976 to JX |
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1967 |
1485 written off |
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1485, 1491 to JX (steel frames) |
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1970 |
10978 written off |
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1956 |
2605, 10298, 1978, 11127 to JX |
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1974 |
2605, 10303, 11115 written off |
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1457 to JX (steel frames) |
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1975 |
10976, 11127 written off |
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1957 |
3079, 4355, 11115 to JX |
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1976 |
655 written off |
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1963 |
1457 written off |
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1979 |
1491, 4355, 10298 written off |
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1966 |
3079 written off |
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As steam declined the requirement for water tankers fell and so the JA's were withdrawn. Withdrawal of the remaining JA class wagons was as follows:
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1950 |
11110 written off |
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1963 |
10294/6, 10977, 11118 written off |
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1953 |
649, 1509, 4522, 10289 written off |
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1964 |
8377 to JETTY 255 11125 written off |
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1509 written back |
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1965 |
10299, 11105, 11119 written off |
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1954 |
2667, 11104 written off |
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1966 |
1448, 10980 written off |
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1955 |
10306 written off |
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1967 |
4194, 10304, 11114 written off |
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1956 |
1457 (steel) written off |
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1969 |
1089, 11117 written off |
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1958 |
10982 written off |
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1970 |
644, 1509, 11124 written off |
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1959 |
620, 3723, 10292, 10302/5/7, 10981/3, 11106, 11113, 11121/6/8 written off 672 to JETTY 216 699 (steel) written off |
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1971 1972 |
9346 written off 613, 1952, 3847, 4160, 10293, 10979, 11107, 11111/2 written off |
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682, 1582 (steel) written off |
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1962 |
631/2/6/8, 668, 3794, 3861, 10297, 11108/9, 11116 written off |
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1973 |
11120 written off |
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674, 1254, 1404 (steel) written off |
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1975 |
10291 written off |
I have been unable to account for the demise of 4152.
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