Class :                GC

Item Type :             Open Wagon

Parent System :           SAR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                     Bogie Open wagon.

Year of Manufacture :       Between 1943, 1944 and 1967

Manufactured By :            Islington Workshop.

Previous Classification :    GN (narrow gauge)

Current Classification :      SGC, AZOA         

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Number Range :            47 wagons numbered 1 to 47

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History in Service :        Used in general traffic initially on the narrow gauge and latter converted to broad gauge and then onto standard gauge. Only 47 of the original 60 were converted to broad gauge. Drawings of this wagon show pressed sides, but many are not as shown in the drawings, there being many small variations in the three builds.

See Also :                     GN, SGC, AZOA

Colour Schemes :         SAR Dark Grey  or  SAR Light Grey  

Modelling Hints :           RTR Models SA kit.

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