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Code/s: BAA/BAB
Description: 40ft Bogie Steel Wagon
Dates: 1974 to current
Numbers: 900000-900198, 900200-900305
Build Notes:
Numbers Lot Builder Dates Design Notes
900000-900048 3792 BR Ashford 1972 1/441 Later BA001A (BAB)
900049-900124 3803 BR Ashford 1972-73 BA001B (BAA)  
900125-900198 3805 BR Shildon 1973 BA001B (BAA)  
900200-900273 3858 BR Ashford 1975 BA001C (BAA)  
900274-900305 3860 BR Ashford 1975-76 BA002A (BAA)  

Comments: The earliest change to the BAA/BAB fleet was the recoding of wagons fitted with 'kinky' beams for coil traffic as BKA/BKB, but all had reverted to BAA/BAB coding by 1986. From the 1990s onwards there was a proliferation of new codes to cover various modifications. Wagons in this range have at times carried codes BCA, BKA (re-issue), BSA, BXA, BYA and BZA.

Quantities:
Date Qty
Built 305
3/86 303 (259 BAA, 44 BAB)
3/91 303 (267 BAA, 36 BAB)
2/92 299 (All BAA)
3/93 176 (All BAA)
2/94 126 (All BAA)
11/97 104 (All BAA)
12/05 141 (All BAA)
2/08 140 (All BAA)

AARKNDS:
AARKND Notes
BAA-F Original design
BAA-H With hood (900160 converted)
BAA-M Revised design
BAA-P Modified design
BAA-T Modified design
BAB-F Original design

Design codes:
  Qty at
Design AARKND Notes 1994 1999 2008
BA001A BAB-F Original design, with vacuum pipe. 900000-900048 as built 0 0 0
BA001B BAA-F As per BA001A but without vacuum pipe. 900049-900198 as built 20 17 31
BA001C BAA-F Revised end structure. 900200-900273 as built 33 24 33
BA001D BAA-F Ex BAB to BA001A, vacuum pipe removed. Conversions from 900000-900048 range 13 19 23
BA001E BAA-H Ex BA001B, with flexible hood. 900160 converted, later recoded BKA 0 1 0
BA001F BAA-F Ex BA001B, modification unknown. Conversions from 900126-900198 range 43 30 30
BA001G BAA-P ?. 900177 converted 0 1 1
BA001H BAA-T ?. 900172 converted 0 1 1
BA001J BAA-T ?. Conversions from 900028-900170 range 0 0 6
BA001L BAA-T ?. 900151/900189 converted 0 0 2
BA002A BAA-M Deeper solebars and higher ends. 900274-900305 as built 12 9 12
BA002B BAA-T ?. 900275 converted 0 0 1

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Last edited: 29/05/2008