Class :                VFSX

Item Type :             Coil Steel Wagon

Parent System :          VR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                    Bogie coiled steel wagon

Year of Manufacture :      1966

Manufactured By :           Newport workshops, Vic.

Previous Classification :   CSX

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Number Range :             1 to 89

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History in Service :       These wagons had been designed specifically for the coiled steel traffic. Many other wagons used for coil steel traffic had been converted from ELX open wagons to VOSX  or from E wagons to ESX (VODX) wagons. Two types of CSX wagon exist, the purpose built wagon which has small end platforms and the CSX which is built from R Tender under frame sections, these have no end platforms. To a lesser extent NSW coil steel wagons are also seen in this traffic, they being MCX, CCX and NCX.

See Also :                     E, ESX, VODX, CSX, ELX, VOSX

Colour Schemes :          VR Wagon Red

Modelling Hints :           BGB kit.

Further Information:       SARMA Article

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