C Open Wagon
C Open Wagon |
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| Class | C |
| Vehicle type | 4-wheel wooden open wagon |
| First introduced | 1876 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1906 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1966 |
| Load capacity | 6.5 tons (1964: 7 tons) |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 299 |
| Vehicle numbers | Known numbers include C12, 65, 105, 115, 120, 134-135, 158, 213, 229, 246, 250, 252, 264, 269, 279, 284, 286, 289, 294, 314, 319, 324, 415, 420, 551-552, 557, 563, 565, 569, 583, 605, 612, 624, 640, 648, 654, 876, 950, 966, 1034, 1047, 1049, 1065, 1070, 1075, 1092, 1096, 1097, 1120, 1139, 1144, 1160, 1408, 1665, 1867, 1872, 1881, 1928, 2013, 2150, 2177, 2212, 2220 and 2239 |
Forty C wagons to Port Lincoln 1906-07 for Engineer-in-Chief, repurchased by SAR when line opened Nov 1907. Balance arrived by 1919. Many conversions, including water tanks and CF flats. Sixty-two remaining by 1937. Eleven (C134, 158, 229, 552, 563, 605, 640, 876, 1065, 1120, 1139) still at Port Lincoln 1960; all condemned by 1966.
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C wagons (including C624 and C284) loaded with farm machinery at Port Lincoln, probably early 1920s. Photo: Eric O'Connor Collection |
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A very early view of C wagons loaded with bagged grain at Port Lincoln. Photo: Eric O'Connor Collection |
