Y Open Wagon
Y Open Wagon |
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| Class | Y |
| Vehicle type | 4-wheel wooden open wagon |
| First introduced | 1912 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1924 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1981 |
| Load capacity | 12 tons (1964: 13 tons) |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 107 |
| Vehicle numbers | Y1035, 1060, 2572, 5028-5029, 5115, 5121, 5132, 5137, 5140, 5167, 5176, 5185, 5211, 5219, 5226, 5230, 5237, 5241, 5245, 5260, 5262-5263, 5274, 5280, 5286, 5297, 5300-5301, 5303, 5323, 5326, 5328, 5336-5338, 5348-5349, 5400, 5409-5411, 5421-5423, 5431, 5434, 5439-5440, 5442-5443, 5447, 5449, 5452, 5460, 5468, 5472, 5474-5475, 5480, 5487-5488, 5494-5495, 5498-5499, 5514-5515, 5520, 5649, 5651, 5659, 5662, 5669, 5671, 5674-5675, 5678, 5681, 5689, 5692-5693, 5705, 5707-5708, 5741, 5743-5744, 5748, 5750, 5752, 5755, 5760, 5767, 5769, 5770, 5779-5781, 5783-5784, 5786-5787, 5789, 5793-5794 and 5797 |
Twenty to Port Lincoln 1924-32; all but one of these (Y5323) to YP class 1946. Eighty-seven to Port Lincoln 1960-64; one of these (5693) to sand truck c.1977, another (5444) designated for accident train use. All condemned between 1964 and 1981.
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Y5336 at Port Lincoln in August 1970. Photo: Peter Knife |
