Class :                GPA

Item Type :            Coal Wagon

Parent System :          Commonwealth Railways

Gauge :                            Standard

Description :                    A 44’ coal wagon for transport of Leigh Creek coal.

Year of Manufacture :     1969

Manufactured By :            Transfield Ltd Whyalla

Previous Classification :       GP  

Current Classification :          AOKF  

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Number Range :               2091 to 2130, 40 wagons

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Capacity:                          58.75 Tons

History in Service :             These GP wagons started with a slightly different design to the GH wagons built around the same time. These can be identified by the additional height in the side. As with the GH wagons these also had hungry boards added and were classified to GPA. The final reclassification was to group all GH, GHA, GP, GPA and the new  AOKF wagons all into the AOKF Classification.

See Also :                           GH, GHA, GP, AOKF

Colour Schemes :                CR  Bright Red and Yellow

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