QR drop side open wagon

QR drop side open wagon

Number in Class	407, (223 1979 total)
Number group	1 - 407
Construction period	1890 - 1930
In service	1890 - end
1979 recode	VOWA
Where built	Various, see diagrams
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+MODELLING+	Steam Era Models does aHO scale model

In later years the QR's were relegated to departmental service after a long life as general service open wagons. In departmental service they often carried sleepers and dirt. In sleeper unloading service the doors were dropped and the sleepers manually thrown out of the wagon.They saw occasional service in revenue traffic when wagon supply was short as shown in the above photo.

There were two main types of QR

3 door #'s 1 - 376 and 407

4 door #'s 377 - 406