Open wagons used in NSW
Open wagons are the most
versatile type of vehicle on the railway. They can be used to move almost every
conceivable commodity there is. Most were fitted with ridgepoles to support
tarpaulins.
Open wagons were used to
test many modifications that led to the development of a specific type of
wagon, the first bulk coal and wheat hoppers, were in fact, open wagons fitted
with trap doors in the floor, to speed up the discharge of the wagon contents.
4 Wheelers
A – Various versions from
1855
B – Various versions from
1855
BD –
BDS -
D – Various versions from
1858
K – 22’ Steel open wagon
KH – 22’ Steel open wagon
with 4 bottom discharge doors
S/SO/SS – 18’ Various
versions
U – K wagon fitted with 8
bottom discharge doors
CU – U wagon fitted with a
tarpaulin
UT - U wagon with
strengthened gunwale for coal traffic
Bogie Wagons
BD/NOAF – 35’ Open wagon
BDS –
BDL/BDX/NOBX
– 46’ Open wagon suitable for bogie exchange
BDY/NODY
– 14.2m Open wagon
CDY/NOCY
– 19.2m Open wagon
CG/NOEF
– 33’ Concentrate wagon
NOFF
– Mineral Concentrate Wagon
GCX/NOGX – 40’ Open with
drop doors
GH/NOGF – 40’ Open with
bottom drop doors
GP/NOHF – 40’ Open wagon
GM/GX/HGM/HGX – 40’ Open
wagon
LSD/NOSF
– 33’ Open wagon
Interstate Wagons –
AOOX/ROOX – 23m Open wagon
ELX/AOBX/VOBX/VOCX – 14m
Open wagon
WGX/WOAX/SOAX
– 17m Open wagon