The heavy duty sided ELX open wagons were introduced to service from 1963. Built at Newport and Ballarat North workshops they were a modern version of the E open wagon, but were 3 ft longer and had of capacity of 50 tonnes. These wagons feature heavy channel side wall supports and heavier door construction than the earlier plain sided ELX's. Numbered 66 - 68, 72, 73, and 91-106, they were recoded to VOBX in 1979.
VOBX's were a general purpose open wagon and were used for transporting everything from briquettes, farm machinery and scrap metal, to shipping containers.
These wagons are built using the same technique as the VOAA, 30 thou sheet for the sides, 10thou for the doors and 60thou for the floor. 1.5mm channel is used for the ridges on the sides, chain links are from a necklace, and pins for the tie downs. Steam Era Model Bogies and brake components finish the model.
Reference photos on Peter Vincent's website show little variation within this group of wagons, except for bogies and VOBX 97 not having the usual protective guard around the grade control and load compensating equipment.
I currently don't have any VR logo decals so the wagons will enter service without them. Once the logos are applied I'll give them a coating of road grime.
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| VOBX 103 |
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| ELX67 the second of the heavy duty ELX's to be built. |
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