Class :                FBX

Item Type :             Flat Car

Parent System :          SAR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                    Bogie Welded Flat Car

Year of Manufacture :     1966 & 1967

Manufactured By :           Islington. 

Previous Classification :    

Current Classification :     FPX, AFCX 

Year of Withdrawal :      

Named :                                 

Number Range :             20

Load:                                     

Tare:                             18.0.0 

Capacity:                       54  Tons

History in Service :        These welded flat cars were similar in design to the original FB built in the Webb era but were of a welded design and slightly longer than the originals. In Feb 1969 wagons 3, 4, 9,10, 12, 19 and 20 were modified by the VR Newport workshops to carry pineboard by the addition of a fixed and a moveable bulkhead. This gave them a new classification of FPX.

See Also :                     FB, SFX, FPX, AFCX

Colour Schemes :          SAR Light Grey  

Modelling Hints :           BGB have models of the FB and FBX

Further Information:      AMRM article Sept/Oct 1976 page 24

Plans :                           AMRM article Sept/Oct 1976 page 24    

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