Class : SGX
Item Type : Open Wagon
Parent System : SAR
Gauge : Broad
Description : 50’ bogie open wagon.
Year of Manufacture : 1967
Manufactured By : Islington Workshops
Previous Classification :
Current Classification : AOCX
Year of Withdrawal :
Named :
Number Range : 1 thru 37
Capacity:
History in Service : SGX (AOCX) are identical to the ELX (AOBX) except that they have ribbed ends. Reclassified after Sept 1979. Some of these wagons were transferred to the slab steel transport from Whyalla and were recoded to AKOX in 1988.
See Also : ELX, AOCX, AOBX, AKOX, AKBX
Colour Schemes : SAR Light Grey
Modelling Hints : BGB have a kit for the ELX wagon as do RTR Models SA.
Further Information: AMRM June 1990 Page 51-53 by Phil Curnow.
Plans : AMRM Sept/Oct 1981 page 27.