NRB & NRJ / ENFB Flat Wagon
NRB & NRJ / ENFB Flat Wagon |
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| Class | NRB & NRJ / ENFB |
| Vehicle type | Bogie flat wagon |
| First introduced | 1943 (NRB) 1914 (NRJ) |
| To Port Lincoln | 1984 |
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| Load capacity | 25 tons |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 3 |
| Vehicle numbers | NRB1115, NRB886 and NRJ1568 ENFB1-3 |
NRB1115 built 1944 as Commonwealth Railways NGC open wagon, converted to NRB flat wagon. To Port Lincoln 23 Mar 1984. Designated as ‘recovery truck / track maintenance equipment’. Recoded ENFB1 11 Jan 1985.
NRB886 built 1943 as CR flat wagon NRF886, later modified to NRB. To Port Lincoln 22 Mar 1985 as ENFB 2. Designated ‘to carry wheel sets and bogies’.
NRJ1568 built 1914 for CR as standard gauge flat R13. Converted to narrow gauge 25 Oct 1968 as NRJ1568. To Port Lincoln Oct 1985 as ENFB3; condemned by Feb 1989.
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The 'business end' of ENFB1 at Kimba in September 1996. Otherwise similar to the ENFR class, this wagon has inclined plates on its buffer beam for loading and unloading of long lengths of rail. Photo: Peter Knife |
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ENFB2 outside the workshops building at Port Lincoln in April 2004. Photo: Peter Knife |