YX Open Wagon
YX Open Wagon |
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| Class | YX |
| Vehicle type | 4-wheel open wagon |
| First introduced | 1909 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1925 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1985 |
| Load capacity | 16 tons (1964: 17 tons) |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 440 |
| Vehicle numbers | YX6019-6458 |
Converted from broad gauge Y wagons 1925 (124 vehicles), 1926 (74), 1928 (100), 1929 (51) and 1930 (91). Five to YF flats 1930-53. 397 sealed for bulk grain by 1960, 37 not sealed. 13 rebuilt with new bodies as YY wagons 1969-70. All condemned by Jan 1985.
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YX6107 at Cummins in the 1960s. Photo: Ralph Holden |
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YX6134 at a derailment site on the Kevin line in 1981. In addition to those rebuilt as YY wagons in 1969-70, a number of YX wagons (including the one shown here) had their doors replaced with fixed panels for salt and gypsum traffic. Photo: Denis Edlington |
