Product Code: SDS0FX019
Single Car | Unboxed

This SDS Models VPLX V/Line Lime Traffic wagon (VPLX 2-V) represents one of the Victorian Railways FX / VPFX bulk pneumatic discharge wagons, later used in lime traffic service.

Condition:

• Good overall condition

• No major marks

• Some taps missing on the top (visible in photos)

• Supplied unboxed

A detailed wagon suited to 1980s–2000s Victorian freight operations.

Prototype History – FX / VPFX Bulk Flour Wagon

Seventeen of these pneumatic discharge wagons were constructed between 1966 and 1971, numbered FX1–17.

• FX1–6 were built at Newport Workshops

• FX7–17 were built at Ballarat North Workshops

The first series was designed so that two of the four hoppers were unloaded from each end. The second series differed by introducing a single discharge point at each end via additional piping and manifold arrangements.

Originally finished in silver with a small VR logo, many later received flour company branding, some were repainted white, and their use expanded to include burnt lime (VPLX) and dried locomotive sand (VZGX) traffic.

Although coded FX (denoting suitability for bogie exchange), they primarily operated on the broad gauge between Albury, Williamstown Pier, and Westall, with some later running on standard gauge services to Enfield and Canberra during the mid-1980s.

Model Features

• Highly detailed Ready-to-Run HO scale model

• Injection moulded high quality plastic body

• Etched metal walkways

• Full brake rigging and underfloor detail

• Semi-scale metal rimmed wheels

• Genuine Kadee #158 whisker couplers

• Recommended minimum radius: 18"

A finely detailed bulk wagon ideal for VR and V/Line industrial, flour, and lime traffic consists.

Shipping Policy

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