Class :                GB

Item Type :             Open Wagon

Parent System :          Commonwealth Railways

Gauge :                            Standard

Description :                    Bogie Open wagon.

Year of Manufacture :      Between 1951 and 1956 

Manufactured By :            Metropolitan Cammell in England, assembled in Pt Augusta at the CR Workshop.

Previous Classification :     

Current Classification :      AOEX for the general wagon, AOEY for the 25 converted to coal traffic.    

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Number Range :               340 wagons numbered between 887 – 1126 and 1227 -1326

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History in Service :        Used in general traffic initially, 111 wagons were converted to GH and used in the carrying of Leigh Creek coal. Another 25 of these wagons were converted for bogie exchange and reclassified GBX in 1962.

See Also :                           GBX, GH, AOEX, AOEY

Colour Schemes :                CR Wagon Red

Modelling Hints :                 Scaleways Kit or RTR Models SA kit.

Further Information:             Review of Scaleways kit in AMRM Nov/Dec 1989.

Plans :                                 Prototype plan in AMRM Nov/Dec 1976     

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