Freight Wagons

Freight Wagons

Although the Bennett Brook Railway has never been a carrier of paying freight, some wagons have been aquired by the organisation from the WAGR and re-gauged from 3ft 6inch to the BBR's 2ft gauge to provide an amount of variation in rollingstock and to enable the membership to occasionally play trains.

Some of the freight wagons however, are quite often used for what they were originally designed to do. For example : it is possible to couple and pipe through, the J class water tank to our NG steam locomotives to provide extra water supplies for busy operating days. Our QBB bogie flat wagon has been used many times to carry all sorts of items such as Signals and Sleepers to locations along the railway.

More items will be added time permitting.

Ex WAGR D class #33

After withdrawal from active service by Westrail, this van was used as a grounded body for explosives storage at Midland Workshops for many years before being aquired by BBR. A chassis from an LA ballast wagon was modified to 610mm gauge and the body restored and installed on it. The van has been painted in standard WAGR livery on one side and has a recreation of an advertising van livery from the 1950’s on the other. The original WAGR advertising vans were DA and V vans. The D is visually very similar to a DA

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Ex WAGR LA class #23778

Standard Westrail 4 wheel ballast hopper converted to 610mm gauge. The axles have been moved towards the ends of the vehicle to allow clearance for the narrow gauged wheel sets under the hopper. Delivered to the BBR on 30-3-1989

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Ex WAGR JOA class #12051 Distillate Fuel Tank

WAGR 4 wheel fuel tanker. Painted in Shell livery as purchase of this wagon was funded by sale of the tanks off two bogie fuel tankers that were donated by Shell that would have been too big for BBR’s loading gauge.

Re-gauged to 610mm during 1990 by moving the axleboxes and springs inwards and installing shorter axles.

Ex WAGR J class #11374 1600 gal Water Tank

Standard WAGR 4 wheel water tanker. Used as auxiliary water tanks for steam locos and for water supplies to stations and depots with no adequate supply. Equipped with end outlets for connection to loco tender water tanks. Re-gauged to 610mm during 1992 by moving the axleboxes and springs inwards and installing shorter axles.

R 3644 is a ex WAGR 2 door R Open Goods Wagon.

It has been fitted with Bus seats for passenger seating and has had the "Drop" side doors modified for access. Entered service **/**/19**

Ex WAGR V class #3326 Goods Van

Z63 Brake Van

Typical of many WAGR brake or guards vans, this vehicle is a replica built from a V van. (V3263). This was done as a standard Z van would be too wide to fit within BBR’s 610mm stock outline, whereas the narrower V van does. V3263 ended its days with Westrail as VW3263, a workmans van

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