YY Open Wagon
YY Open Wagon |
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| Class | YY |
| Vehicle type | 4-wheel open wagon |
| First introduced | 1913 (original) 1968 (new body style) |
| To Port Lincoln | 1923 (original) 1968 (new body style) |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1985 |
| Load capacity | 16 tons (1964: 17 tons) |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 134 (original) 45 (new body style) |
| Vehicle numbers | Original group: YY4905, 4907-4908, 4910, 4913-4915, 4922, 4924-4927, 4930, 4931, 4934, 4936-4937, 4939, 4940, 4942, 4947, 4948, 4950-4955, 4958, 4959, 4964, 4968, 4969, 4972 and 5805-5904 New body style: YY1-45 |
Original group: YY5805-5904 ordered 1921 as broad gauge Y wagons, but delivered new to Port Lincoln as narrow gauge YY. Others built as broad gauge YY class, converted to narrow gauge and transferred to Port Lincoln 1926. 20 vehicles converted to YYP pipe wagons by 1946, reverted to YY by 1960. 41 vehicles transferred to Peterborough 1959. Ten rebuilt with new bodies and numbers 1969-70 (see below). All remaining vehicles condemned by May 1985.
1968 group: YY1-20 rebuilt ex broad gauge Y wagons 1968. YY21-45 new bodies on YX and YY (original group) underframes 1969-70 except for YY26, 27 and 32 which were mounted on ex broad gauge Y underframes. All condemned 13May 1981 except YY1 (condemned 15 Apr 1982).
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YY5849 at Warramboo in July 1967 shows an original-group YY with grain-proofed doors. Photo: Alex Grunbach |
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YY32, seen here at Port Lincoln in June 1975, is representative of the 1968-70 group of YY wagons. Photo: Jeff Moonie |
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Above: Original version of the YY.
Below: 1968-70 version of the YY. |
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