CX Open Wagon
CX Open Wagon |
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| Class | CX |
| Vehicle type | 4-wheel wooden open wagon |
| First introduced | 1906 |
| To Port Lincoln | 1935 |
| Ex Port Lincoln | 1967 |
| Load capacity | 8 tons (1964: 8.5 tons) |
| Number on Eyre Peninsula | 91 |
| Vehicle numbers | CX76, 431, 444, 452, 457-458, 460, 466-468, 476, 481, 483, 496, 497, 511, 513, 517, 660, 669, 673, 824-825, 950, 966, 977, 992, 1030, 1292, 1721, 1995, 2373, 2496, 2509, 2519, 2522, 2568, 2589, 2595, 2753, 2764, 2769, 2774-2775, 2800, 2813-2814, 2828, 2832, 2860, 2868, 2875, 2881-2882, 2884, 3011, 3025, 3098, 3104, 3116, 3126, 3135, 3140, 3142-3143, 3148, 3151, 3168, 3182, 3194, 3196, 3217, 3246, 4123, 4125, 4239, 4242, 4297, 4303-4305, 4308, 4311, 4318, 4640, 4643, 4655, 4658, 4666, 4671 and 4902 |
Rebuilt from CC wagons 1935-36. Ninety-one in service 1946. CX511 & 1292 converted to PCX class c.1946. Fifty-three remaining 1960, all condemned by 1967. CX466, 669, 2813, 2884 & 3217 shown as sheep ramp carriers 1960.
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CX2882 and another CX at Port Lincoln in 1973. Photo: Noel Potter |
