NOA / ENOA Open Wagon
NOA / ENOA Open Wagon |
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| Class | NOA / ENOA |
| Vehicle type | Bogie open wagon |
| First introduced | 1943 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1982 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1988 |
| Load capacity | 30 tons |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 31 |
| Vehicle numbers | NOA1-31 ENOA1-31 |
Built 1943-44 by Islington Workshops as SAR narrow gauge open wagons (GN10001-10060). Most to standard gauge (SGC class) 1966-67. Thirty-one SGCs reverted to narrow gauge, to Port Lincoln as NOA1-31 Feb 1982 to Jan 1983. Reclassified ENOA1-31 24 Jan 1985. All condemned by 1988.
One additional SGC later came to Port Lincoln – see EZOA29.
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An NOA wagon at Port Lincoln in 1982. Photo: Denis Edlington |
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ENOA wagons in a salt train, Penong Junction, February 1986. Photo: Peter Knife |