Class GW bulk wheat wagons

Written off GW class wagons (GW3823 nearest camera).

This group of sixty wagons was created in 1937 for Bunbury Jetty use by the conversion of standard G class open wagons.  The original conversion added high side extensions and three small doors along the bottom of each side.   Eventually the opening at the top was also reduced in width by a partial roof. They were replaced at Bunbury by the GSW class wagons built between 1963 and 1965. It is known that at least the last three wagons converted to NS had already been stripped of their bodywork as class GW before they were reclassified. The fate of the wagons in this class was as follows:

1937

297, 457, 462, 475, 505, 816/9, 820, 836, 862/3, 893, 1022, 1030, 1092, 1109, 1138, 1168, 1170, 1461/7, 1479, 1488, 2036, 2460/2, 2477, 2486, 2540/4/5, 2575, 2581/7, 2599, 2609, 2611, 2628, 2632, 2641, 2657, 2660, 2682, 2714, 2827, 3034, 3072/8, 3085, 3684, 3735, 3740/8/9, 3809, 3823, 3854, 3866, 3997, 4058 converted from class G

1963

1479, 2641, 3078 written off.  To JETTY 194, 206 & 193 respectively.

1964

505, 3034 written off

1965

297, 457, 462, 475, 820, 836, 863, 1030, 1170, 2460, 2477, 2486, 2540, 2581, 2587, 2609, 2827, 3085, 3684, 3735, 3748, 3749, 3823, 3866, 3997 written off

1966

862, 893, 1022, 1109, 1138, 1467, 2036, 2544, 2575, 2611, 2628, 2632, 2714, 3072, 3809, 4058 converted to NS

1967

816, 1461, 1488, 2545 converted to NS

3823 written back

1968

819, 1092, 2462, 2599, 2682 converted to NS

1969

2657 written off

1973

2660, 3823 written off

3740, 3854 converted to NS

1975

1168 converted to NS

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