Commonwealth Railways
Standard Gauge
Class operators: Commonwealth Railways
Condition: Good
Entered service: 11.3.1916
Entered the museum: 6.3.2001.
Length (over coupling points): 20’ 6’’
Load Weight: 50 tons
Number in class: 125
Ownership: Port Dock Station Railway Trust
Provenance: Commonwealth Railways
Tare Weight: 6 tons 15 cwt
One of 125 Ballast Wagons used on the standard gauge Trans-Australia railway of the Commonwealth Railways. In 1965 it was sold to BHP for use on its operation at Proper Bay, including the Coffin Bay tramway, near Port Lincoln South Australia.
Around 1999 it was sold as scrap to Lukins of Port Lincoln. Museum member Nic Doncaster saved it from being scrapped, in 2000, by purchasing it and donating it to the museum. It arrived on site on 6.3.2001.