YX Open Wagon |
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.