SDS-FQX104 SDS Models Container Wagon VQCX V/Line pack-E(3) LR HO scale
SDS-FQX104
SDS Models
HO scale
Pack of 3
Pack-E VQCX 524, VQCX 567, VQCX 609
Container Wagon 63-foot VQCX with Lashing Rings V/Line
In 1969 the Victorian and South Australian Railways commenced building a standard design 63 container wagon for both broad gauge and standard gauge work. The wagons differed with the type of braking equipment and the storage of deck stanchions however for loading purposes could be considered identical. They are designed to carry 20 and 40 containers in various configurations.
The Victorian Railways built 435 wagons between 1969 and 1978 at both Newport and Bendigo Workshops, they are numbered from 500 to 935. The South Australian Railways built 122 wagons between 1970 and 1975 at Islington Workshops, they are numbered 1 to 122. In the late 1970s some VR wagons were recoded FQF to restrict the usage of the wagons to the broad gauge network.
Later the VR wagons migrated to Freight Australia relatively intact, the SA wagons to National Rail where upon they embarked on a tare weight reduction campaign and partially skeletised the deck and coded the wagons RQTY.Upon the sale of Freight Australia to Pacific National some wagons went to QRN and were coded QQGY and are used on their Brisbane Melbourne service.
Features:
- Ready-to-Run
- Highly detailed
- Injection moulded high quality plastic bodywork
- Diecast metal underfloor centre beamFull brake rigging and underfloor detail
- Semi scale 10.5mm diameter metal rimmed wheels
- Genuine Kadee scale head whisker coupler
- 18 Minimum radius recommended