Class :                VHX

Item Type :             Louvre Van

Parent System :          VR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                    52’ Louvre Van.

Year of Manufacture :      1963 thru 1965

Manufactured By :           Newport Workshops

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Current Classification :     VLDX

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Number Range :             1 to 20

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History in Service :         Issued to service in 1963 they had small variations to the later class VSX. All were issued with brown roofs but some had the later VSX doors. Some were also repainted with silver roofs. They were recoded to VLDX in 1979.

See Also :                     VLDX

Colour Schemes :          VR Wagon Red with either red or silver roofs

Modelling Hints :           Strath Hobbies have kits of the VHX/VLDX

Further Information:       http://www.victorianrailways.net

                                      AMRM April 1989 page 46,47

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