Class :               I

Item Type :             Open Wagon

Parent System :           VR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                    4 Wheeled open wagon. (Tommy Bent)

Year of Manufacture :      1901 thru 1907

Manufactured By :            Newport Workshops

Previous Classification :    I (Wooden Stock)

Current Classification :      IA

Year of Withdrawal :       1939, all were recoded to IA and converted to auto couplers

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Number Range :           639 built new and 166 converted from older wooden I wagons.  6600, 6801-6905, 6997-7096, 7208-7507, 7509-7572, 7575-7644

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History in Service :       A fifteen ton open wagon which was replaced by the IY and G class wagons.

See Also :                    I, IY, G

Colour Schemes :         VR Wagon Red  

Modelling Hints :          SEM Kit

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