Meat Wagon [W 569]
Maker and role
Otahuhu Railway Workshops, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1931
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Object detail
Accession number
F1015.2002
Production period
Description
Specifications:
Body blueprint No. x25152
Underframe blueprint No. x25040
Load 10 tons (8 tons as built)
Capacity 120-140 carcases (average weight 60 lbs).
633 cu.ft.
Westinghouse Brakes 6" combined set.
Body length 15' 7"
Length over buffers 18' 1"
Original wagon markings:
1 - "WHEN OPENING / BEWARE / FALLING GOODS" (Each door)
2 - "JB" (Above buffers each end, metal plate)
3 - "west side / 1" drow / From distributed / Load 10200kg"
4 - "W16"
Body blueprint No. x25152
Underframe blueprint No. x25040
Load 10 tons (8 tons as built)
Capacity 120-140 carcases (average weight 60 lbs).
633 cu.ft.
Westinghouse Brakes 6" combined set.
Body length 15' 7"
Length over buffers 18' 1"
Original wagon markings:
1 - "WHEN OPENING / BEWARE / FALLING GOODS" (Each door)
2 - "JB" (Above buffers each end, metal plate)
3 - "west side / 1" drow / From distributed / Load 10200kg"
4 - "W16"
Brief History
Wagon W 569 was a 4-wheeled, insulated meat wagon, a type which was commonly used throughout the New Zealand Railways prior to containerisation. It was one of a batch of twenty W 7 type insulated wagons constructed between 1931 and 1932. Many of these wagons transported export meat from freezing works to the ports. They were insulated by various means, usually with thick walls lined with cork, but had no refrigerating apparatus fitted. Therefore, they were treated as priority freight as they had limited endurance from the freezing works to the docks. This particular wagon was renumbered circa 1978 to W 16 and written off in September 1982 at Westfield and transported to MOTAT.
Marks
[W / 569 / 1931] Impressed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Otahuhu Railway Workshops. Circa 1931. Meat Wagon [W 569], F1015.2002. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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