VL VLEX T2a 1997+

VL VLEX T2a 1997+

In 1964 the Victorian Railways built some large Louvre Van's as Prototypes for a new design of high capacity Van and where classified as VHX with a total of 20 built, in 1972 another 50 where built at Ballarat Workshops with lightened frames, 4 feet longer and classified as VSX becoming the largest Van Victoria had built, these where used all over Australia going on to Standard Gauge at Albury and into New South Wales, Broad Gauge into South Australia and bogie exchanged at Adelaide going into Western Australia, the design was so successful another 2 where built March 1973 then another 198 where built from April 1974 till 1976 at Ballarat Workshops. From 1979 some where recoded VLEY to remove them out of the bogie exchange to be used for Freight Centre Traffic, from late 1981 most where recoded back to VLEX with a few still in service as VLEY till early 1983 with the last being coded back to VLEX, a few of the VLEY and VLEX where recoded VLNX in 1981 for News Print Traffc. From 1990 and 1991 Some where fitted with plain doors and a few stencilled 'Paper Traffic Only Dynon - Dry Creek'. In 1994 these where recoded to RLEX handing over the rollingstock to the Federal Government operator National Rail Corporation and remaind on the Broad Gauge until April 1995 then they all went on the Standard Gauge with some being recoded RLLX while about half of the RLEX went back to V/Line from 1996. In 1998 some of the VLEX was fitted with Standard Gauge Constant Contact Side Bearer bogies and recoded VLEY and where placed in SCT (Specialized Container Transport) Traffic between Perth, WA and Laverton, Vic. From 1999 the state Government Privatised V/Line with the Freight being sold to an operator known as Freight Victoria which was run by share holders in England and United States of America, in 2000 they changed their name to Freight Australia.

They carried General Goods in crates and Pallets and where seen around Mildura, Warnambool, Geelong, Westall, Spencer St Yard, North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Melbourne East Yard, Flinders St Yard, Tottenham Yard, Castlemaine, Bendigo, Wodonga, Albury, Maryvale, Bacchus Marsh, Ararat, Portland, Sale, Newport Goods Yard, Shaws Siding, Wangaratta, Woodend, Dandenong, Morwell, Williamstown Pier and Ballarat.

On Standard Gauge they where seen Ubonia WA, Port Augusta SA, Zanthus WA, Wodonga NSW, Wodonga Coal Siding NSW, Albury NSW, Haig WA, South Dynon Vic and Munistone NSW.

From 1974 these wagons ended up in the workshops for minor repairs from getting into a bingle, several wagons where destroyed from derailments in SA and WA.

In March 1992 number 942 had it's body removed and conveted to VZZF 2 to transport standard gauge bogie frames between Bendigo Workshops and North Melbourne.

In 1993, three VLEX vans were destroyed in a derailment in Western Australia. In lieu of repayment, V/line requested three comparable vans in exchange. The three replacement VLEX vans 873, 874 and 989 arrived in Victoria July 1993 as ex-WBAX boxvans and where painted Red.

In 1998 numbers 883, 893, 907, 912, 915, 931, 953, 966, 969, 976, 985, 988 and 994 where recoded to VLEY for standard gauge SCT Traffic.

This model represents the Type 2 VLEX that remained in service under V/Line from 1997 to 2000 and numbered 852 to 999 on Broad Gauge, Steps created by Zec.

Mass: 26.26 tonnes (empty) 75 tonnes (loaded)
Load Capacity: 50 tonnes
Max Speed: 96 km/h
Axle Load: 19 tonnes
Brake Cylinder: (1) 305mm x 305mm Air Slack Adjuster
Brake Ratio: 33.5% (Loaded) ~ 53.3% (Empty) Load compensating

Author: Azervich

VL VLEX T2a 1997+
• computerisation vlex.txt 28.17KB
• config.txt 17.58KB
• icon.tga 6.04KB
• screenshot.jpg 59.84KB
shadows
shadow.im 84.79KB
shadow.lm.txt 113 bytes
wagon
alpha.texture.txt 58 bytes
alpha.tga 64.04KB
digit_4.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_4.tga 812 bytes
digit_5.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_5.tga 812 bytes
digit_6.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_6.tga 812 bytes
grade-control-lever-tris.im 506 bytes
grade-control-lever.im 17.04KB
grade-control-lever.kin 2.34KB
grade-control-lever.lm.txt 211 bytes
handbrake-tris.im 722 bytes
handbrake.im 36.86KB
handbrake.kin 16.43KB
handbrake.lm.txt 191 bytes
left-doors-mid.im 51.88KB
left-doors-tris.im 626 bytes
left-doors.im 93.89KB
left-doors.kin 31.59KB
left-doors.lm.txt 245 bytes
letter_1.texture.txt 53 bytes
letter_1.tga 48.04KB
load-compensating-lever-tris.im 626 bytes
load-compensating-lever.im 20.52KB
load-compensating-lever.kin 4.96KB
load-compensating-lever.lm.txt 219 bytes
main-env.tga 12.00MB
main-main-env.texture.txt 49 bytes
main-normals.texture.txt 83 bytes
main-normals.tga 12.00MB
main-spec.tga 12.00MB
main.tga 12.00MB
mesh-step-env.tga 192.04KB
mesh-step-mesh-step-env.texture.txt 59 bytes
mesh-step-normals.texture.txt 93 bytes
mesh-step-normals.tga 192.04KB
mesh-step-spec.tga 192.04KB
mesh-step.tga 192.04KB
right-doors-mid.im 51.79KB
right-doors-tris.im 626 bytes
right-doors.im 93.81KB
right-doors.kin 31.59KB
right-doors.lm.txt 248 bytes
wagon.lm.txt 291 bytes
wagon_highest.im 1.24MB
wagon_low.im 174.28KB
wagon_lowest.im 10.89KB
wagon_mid.im 923.42KB
• wagon.gs 49.97KB
wagon_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_0.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_1.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_1.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_2.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_2.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_3.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_3.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_4.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_4.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_5.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_5.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_6.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_6.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_7.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_7.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_8.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_8.tga 16.04KB
alphanumber_9.texture.txt 63 bytes
alphanumber_9.tga 16.04KB