S flat wagons
ABOVE: S 108 at Geelong, June 17 1978
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler
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The first two S's (1&2) were built by the American Car & Foundry company in the U.S.A. and assembled at Newport workshops in 1925. The rest of the class were converted from E wagons for wartime traffic between 1940 and 1942.
From 1947 to 1949 most S's were converted back to E wagons. By the late 70's only about 6 S's remained, 1, 2, 50, 77, 108 and 115 that I know of. S 1 and 115 got 20' container brackets late in life. |
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ABOVE: S 158 circa 1948
ABOVE: S 50 at Dandenong, 1978
ABOVE: S 52 at Melb. yard 1947
official VR photo
ABOVE & BELOW: S 77 at Jewell, 1978
ABOVE: Handbrake end view of S 77, photo at Jewell 1978.
ABOVE: S 108 at Sth Dynon, 1977
ABOVE: S 1 above and S 2 BELOW in 1978, these were the two pattern wagons imported from the American Car & Wagon company
Both photos courtesy Rob O'Regan
ABOVE & BELOW: S 57 loaded with Army equipment circa 1942. S 57 was converted from E 57 in Sept 1941, it was converted back to E 57 after the war in Nov. 1947.
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