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First Release: June 2014
Second Release: November 2022


All prices quoted include GST

 



Model Features:
  • Ready-to-run
  • Plastic (ABS) body
  • Blackened metal disc wheels (RP25-110)
  • Scale size metal knuckle couplers
  • Highly detailed underframe
  • Separately applied metal parts
  • Opening doors
  • 6 Different liveries available
  • Metal handrails & brake piping
  • Highly detailed bogies with separately applied brake equipment
  • Factory painted & decorated.
  • 18" Recommended minimum radius
  • Will operate on code 70, 83 & 100 rail
  • 2 Different body versions tooled
  • Internal details
  • 2 different style doors (Plain & 4 louvre)
  • BLX Version has never been produced as plastic Ready-to-Run. All new!
  • Both XCS & new Aligned bogies available


BLX Medium VR

VLV-25

BLX Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Medium VR Logo & 4 Louvre Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: BLX 37, 45, 71, 110    
       

BLX Large VR

VLV-26

BLX Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Large VR Logo, 4 Louvre & Plain Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: BLX 43, 56, 69, 118    
       

VBBX Large VR

VLV-27

VBBX Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Large VR Logo & 4 Louvre Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: VBBX 30, 82, 96, 120    
       

VBBX No Logo

VLV-28

VBBX Box Van, VR Wagon Red with No Logo & 4 Louvre Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: VBBX 74, 104, 105, 146    
       

VBBX V/Line

VLV-29

VBBX Box Van, VR Wagon Red with V/Line Logo, 4 Louvre & Plain Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: VBBX 31-A, 54-U, 64-F, 116-N    
       

BLF Large VR

VLV-30

BLF Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Large VR Logo, Aligned Bogies & 4 Louvre Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: BLF 128, 134, 138, 143    
       

VBBY Blue Circle Cement/VR

VLV-31

VBBY Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Blue Circle Cement & Large VR Logos with Aligned Bogies &

$300.00

  4 Louvre Door - 4 Car Pack    
  Wagon Numbers: VBBY 124, 126, 137, 140    

VBBY Blue Circle Cement/VLine

VLV-32

VBBY Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Blue Circle Cement & V/Line Logos with Aligned Bogies &

$300.00

  4 Louvre Doors - 4 Car Pack    
  Wagon Numbers: VBBY 122-M, 129-G, 135-B, 141-T    

VBBF V/Line

VLV-33

VBBF Box Van, VR Wagon Red with V/Line Logo with Aligned Bogies & 4 Louvre Doors - 4 Car Pack

$300.00

  Wagon Numbers: VBBF 125-J, 134-X, 142-V, 144-Q    
       

BLX Stephens Railex

VLV-34

BLX Box Van, VR Wagon Red with Stephens Railex Logo - Single Car

$75.00

Sold Out

  Wagon Number: BLX 56    
       

BLX Box Van – Prototype Notes

BLF (1961) / BLX / VBBX

Between 1960 and 1962 the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops built one hundred and twenty-nine steel boxvans.  Most were delivered coded as BB however during the build a number were fitted with roller bearing bogies and recoded BF.  In late 1961 all the BB and BF vehicles in service at that time were recoded to BLF, this code also applying to the final 32 vans of the build when they were delivered.

In a departure from usual VR practice a new code and number range commencing from 1 was not selected for these new wagons when introduced, they instead being a follow on to the existing BB code and road number allocation.  As such the new wagons were numbered 23 to 151.

Between 1963 and 1965, all the BLF vans were modified for bogie exchange and reclassed to BLX.  Although recoded, the number group remained at 23-151.

In 1967/1968 twenty four vans, numbered 121-144, were modified for special cement traffic and were recoded to BLF.

During 1979 the Railways of Australia introduced a standardised four letter coding system. As a result of this the BLX were recoded as VBBX, with wagons having their code board updated from June 1979.

With the growing use of computers and a need to validate data input, in August 1983 the use of a check letter character was introduced.  The character, based on an algorithm applied to the wagon code and road number, was painted on the code board next to the number.

From around 1990 the vans were removed from service.

Over the years an unknown number, but photos suggest it to be the vast majority of the class, have had their original style steel panelled door fitted with four louvres in the bottom half of the door.  Over time further alterations/repairs saw a number of the vans with a reduced number of door louvres, with some fitted with none, one, two or three louvres only.  Three vans were also fitted with a door similar in appearance to a VSX door but to a smaller size.

 

In the early days the wagon was adorned with either a small or medium sized VR emblem.  From early 1972 the VR standardised the emblem to a larger 25’ version.  In August 1983, the new V/Line emblem was progressively introduced across the wagon fleet.

BLF (1967) / VBBY/F

During 1967/68 twenty four BLX vans, numbered 121 to 144, were placed into dedicated palletised cement traffic.  These vans were recoded from BLX back to BLF. These vans were loaded at the Fyansford cement plant, located near Geelong, for consignment to areas mainly within the Melbourne metropolitan area but also to regional Victorian regional centres as well.

All vans were originally stencilled at the left hand end of each side “PALLETISED CEMENT TRAFFIC ONLY FYANSFORD AND MELBOURNE”.  Over time the wording and the placement of the stencil did vary, particularly when the emblem changed from VR to V/Line.  In the early 1980s a number of the vans were provided with a colourful Blue Circle Cement banner at the right end of the wagon.

In the 1979 recoding the BLF were recoded to VBBY.  During 1987 the letter 'Y' in the coding structure was changed to 'F' and the class were altered from VBBY to VBBF.  The class was placed in storage from 1991.


BLX Box Van – Prototype Photos

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artwork & photographs shown for illustration purpose only. Details, body versions, colours, livery, number
fonts & some finer details may differ on the production models. Auscision Models takes care to
reproduce models as accurately as possible and will always refer to the prototype for model accuracy.
 



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