Class :                 YY 

Item Type :              Open Wagon

Parent System :             SAR

Gauge :                             Broad

Description :                     An all steel four wheeled open wagon.

Year of Manufacture :      1913 to 1922

Manufactured By :           Islington Workshops/Martin & Co or Gray Bros.

Previous Classification :    

Current Classification :      YX

Year of Withdrawal :        

Named :                                 

Number Range :            3255-3519  = 2/1913 to 11/1913

3551-3584  = 11/1913

3620-3657  = 11/1913 to 12/1913

3658-3757  = 12/1913 to 6/1914

3902-3904  = 2/1914

3042-3141  = 7/1915 to 3/1916

3532-3533  = 3/1916

3562           = 3/1916

4101-4204       = 6/1921 to 3/1922

4205-4317       = 8/1922 to 4/1923

4328           = 9/1922

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History in Service :       An all steel open wagon. This was a new build of the Y wagon with some minor changes. Some of these were also converted to narrow gauge. A total of 762 of the YY class wagons were built until Sept 1922, therefore including the Y wagons a total of 1265 similar wagons were operating on two gauges.  433 were reclassified to the YX class and transferred to Port Lincoln. In the 1920’s changes from draw hooks and chains to automatic couplers meant reclassification to YA.

See Also :                       Y, YX, YA, YST 

Colour Schemes :            SAR dark grey or light grey

Modelling Hints :             BGB and Strath Hobbies have kits of the Y

Further Information:        Article by Phil Curnow in March/April AMRM 1979 Page 39

Plans :                             

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