SFX
The SFX wagons were built between 1965 and 1970. They feature a flat deck of wood or steel with small bulkheads at each end. The floor has chain pockets. They were numbered 1 to 120. Layouts vary.
In 1978, nine wagons were recoded to SFF_ for dedicated traffic by transport companies. Eight wagons were converted for containerised gas traffic on the standard guage and recoded QGF_.
In 1977, SFX 100 was modified with experimental tarpaulin slide back covers. The wagon type was anticipated for use in Austrailian Paper Mills roll paper traffic. Those wagons were to be the VFNX.
In the 1979 recoding, the SFX wagons were recoded to VFLX.
VFLX
The VFLX wagons were recoded from SFX during the years 1979 to 1984. While the number group for SFX was 1 - 120, the actual VFLX numbers that ran were:
1 - 26, 29 - 36, 38 - 74, 77, 78, 82 - 86, 88, 89, 91, 93 - 95, 97 - 104 107, 110, 112, 120
The missing numbers were due to conversions to other classes prior to 1979.
The only unusual vehicle in the class was VFLX 100, the prototype for the VFNX "praire" wagons. The vehicle saw limited traffic, spent 12 months in storage and was cut down to a VFMX for pineboard traffic.
By the mid 1990's there were only about 20 vehicles in service, the rest converted to container wagons VQLX
Vehicle history list - SFX / VFLX
Photos for 'SFX '
FileID Description................................................B1095 SFX - bogie flat wagon rake, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]BC216 SFX - part view, ldd VR mobile crane, Electric Crane Area, 12/1976, [oRXO]AU042 SFX - part view, loaded container, Canal Zone, 24/1/1977, [oPJV]BC322 SFX 1 - s1e2, empty, Westall, 30/1/1977, [oRXO]CC104 SFX 2 - ldd pipes, Wodonga Coal Siding, 6/4/1979, [oPJV]CK450 SFX 4 - ldd bodies GY 439, GY 4351, Newport Workshops, 7/3/1979, [oPJV]BC323 SFX 7 - s2e1, empty, Electric Crane Area, 18/11/1976, [oRXO]BV359 SFX 9 - ldd pole, Tottenham Yard, 6/5/1979, [oPJV]AU076 SFX 9 - part view/end, Canal Zone, 2/1977, [oPJV]BK339 SFX 10 - mt, Westall, 16/3/1980, [oPJV]CN219 SFX 18 - s1e2, mt, Dandenong, 1970s, [oBAU]AQ354 SFX 24, [sPJV]BM069 SFX 25 - (SEX chalk), lettering/bogie/tyre dunnage, Tottenham Yard, 20/4/1980, [oPJV]BM070 SFX 25 - s2e1, mt/dunnage, Tottenham Yard, 20/4/1980, [oPJV]BV499 SFX 35 - mt, South Dynon, 6/5/1979, [oPJV]CB818 SFX 36 - ldd 2 x ISO, Tottenham Yard, 7/4/1979, [oPJV]AQ355 SFX 37, [sPJV]BC324 SFX 37 - s2, ldd 20 ,40 tray containers, Albury, NSW, 7/11/1976, [oRXO]AQ356 SFX 39, [sPJV]BC325 SFX 40 - s2e1, ldd 2 x 20 , Cobden, 28/11/1976, [oRXO]CN220 SFX 44 - s2e1, mt, Jewell, 1970s, [oBAU]CU431 SFX 46 - mt, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 11/1/1979, [oPJV]BC326 SFX 48 - s2e1c, ldd poles, Daylesford, 2/10/1976, [oRXO]CB097 SFX 55, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 16/4/1979, [oPJV]AQ357 SFX 56, [sPJV]B1090 SFX 56 - fitted pipe cradles, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]B1091 SFX 56 - fitted pipe cradles/deck view, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]B1092 SFX 56 - pipe cradle detail, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]CN218 SFX 61 - s2, mt, 1970s, [oBAU]CF938 SFX 70 - ldd 2 x ISO, Donald, 19/4/1978, [oPJV]BF069 SFX 80 - e1p, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 2/7/1975, [oPJV]BF068 SFX 80 - e1q, ldd concrete sleepers, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 2/7/1975, [oPJV]BF070 SFX 80 - photo id, SEX chalk change, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 2/7/1975, [oPJV]BC327 SFX 82 - s1e2, empty, Westall, 12/1976, [oRXO]CN221 SFX 82 - s2e1, mt, Williamstown Pier, 1970s, [oBAU]BC328 SFX 84 - s2e1, empty, Westall, 12/1976, [oRXO]BC329 SFX 85 - part view, Electric Crane Area, 18/11/1976, [oRXO]AQ358 SFX 86, [sPJV]BK644 SFX 86 - s2e2, mt, Tottenham Yard, 4/3/1976, [oPJV]BC330 SFX 87 - s2, empty, Eectric Crane Area, 18/11/1976, [oRXO]BM035 SFX 89 - class lettering/id, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 24/2/1976, [oPJV]CG078 SFX 89 - lettering/chalked SEX /ID, Redcliffs, 20/4/1978, [oPJV]BM034 SFX 89 - part deck, chain boxes, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 24/2/1976, [oPJV]CG077 SFX 89 - s1e1 ldd pipes, Redcliffs, 20/4/1978, [oPJV]BM033 SFX 89 - steel deck, s2h, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 24/2/1976, [oPJV]B3449 SFX 91 - ldd body GY 953, Tottenham Yard, 18/3/1979, [oPJV]B3451 SFX 91 - lettering/bogie, Tottenham Yard, 18/3/1979, [oPJV]BK499 SFX 95 - mt, South Dynon, 21/7/1980, [oPJV]AX080 SFX 95 - part view, Canal Zone, 2/1977, [oPJV]CN222 SFX 95 - s2e1, ldd pipes, 1970s, [oBAU]BC331 SFX 99 - s2e1c, empty, Electric Crane Area, 12/1976, [oRXO]AQ352 SFX 100, [sPJV]AQ353 SFX 100 - 2, [sPJV]CZ210 SFX 101 - part view, [sPJV]BC332 SFX 101 - s1e2, empty, Electric Crane Area, 18/11/1976, [oRXO]B1093 SFX 103 - stakes fitted, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]BC333 SFX 104 - s2e1, empty, Westall, 12/1976, [oRXO]BC334 SFX 105 - s2, ldd 3 x SeaPak , Electric Crane Area, 12/1976, [oRXO]B1094 SFX 120 - stakes fitted, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]
Diagrams for 'SFX '
FileID Description................................................AS767 SFX - diagram S-3: cancelled see S-5, Undated, [oPTC]AK458 SFX - diagram S-5L, [oPTC]AK379 SFX - diagram S-8, 12/2/1971, [oPTC]
Photos for 'VFLX '
FileID Description................................................AU821 VFLX - part view, ldd concrete sleepers, North Melbourne C&W, 1/9/1983, [oPJV]BP497 VFLX 7 - s2e1c, ldd Harris bogies, Jolimont Workshops, 11/6/1982, [oPJV]AX156 VFLX 9 - part view, lettering, Melbourne Yard, c1986, [oNXB]CC066 VFLX 100, East Yard, 5/4/1979, [oPJV]BI914 VFLX 11, Flinders Street Yard, 24/7/1980, [oPJV]BK531 VFLX 11 - e1p, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 21/7/1980, [oPJV]BK532 VFLX 11 - e1q, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 21/7/1980, [oPJV]BK539 VFLX 11 - lettering/ID/ldd rails, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 21/7/1980, [oPJV]BM711 VFLX 12 - s1e2, mt, North Geelong Yard, 5/9/1982, [oPJV]AR349 VFLX 16, [sPJV]CB397 VFLX 16 - lettering/bogie XC 1647, Bendigo, 8/4/1979, [oPJV]CB398 VFLX 16 - mt, stakes fitted, Bendigo, 8/4/1979, [oPJV]BY845 VFLX 22 - ldd 2 x Harris bogies, Flinders Street Yard, 1/5/1979, [oPJV]DT244 VFLX 22 - lettering/bogie/load, Flinders Street Yard, 1/5/1979, [oPJV]BD851 VFLX 36 - part view, Flinders Street Yard, 24/8/1984, [oPJV]DR670 VFLX 40, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 7/8/1980, [oPJV]DS970 VFLX 45 - e1p, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 7/7/1980, [oPJV]BY309 VFLX 45 - e1q, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 7/7/1980, [oPJV]BY990 VFLX 45 - ID, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 7/7/1980, [oPJV]BM461 VFLX 47 - s2e1, ldd 2 x ISO, Echuca, 11/5/1980, [oPJV]BB776 VFLX 59 - s1e2c, ldd 2 x 20 ISO cont., North Geelong, 29/3/1981, [oPJV]BM712 VFLX 64 - s1e2, mt, North Geelong Yard, 5/9/1982, [oPJV]AX155 VFLX 66 - part view, ldd 2 x GY bodies, Newport Workshops, 6/1982, [oNXB]AV060 VFLX 67 - s1e2c, mt, Newport Workshops, 6/5/1980, [oPJV]BD741 VFLX 72K- part view, Flinders Street Yard, 3/9/1984, [oPJV]BV084 VFLX 78 - mt, North Geelong Yard, 9/11/1980, [oPJV]BB773 VFLX 84 - pl, lettering/bogie, North Geelong, 29/3/1981, [oPJV]BB772 VFLX 84 - s1e2, ldd 2 x 20 ISO containers, North Geelong, 29/3/1981, [oPJV]BB587 VFLX 88 - s2, ldd rails, Tottenham Yard, 29/3/1981, [oPJV]AR350 VFLX 89, [sPJV]AO233 VFLX 89 - mt, North Melbourne C&W Shops, 23/4/1979, [oPJV]AR348 VFLX 100, [sPJV]AQ549 VFLX 100 - part view, VR tarp section/end, Bendigo, 22/4/1979, [oPJV]BN185 VFLX 102, Canal Zone, 28/2/1980, [oPJV]
No diagrams found for VFLX
File c029m compiled by Peter J. Vincent, updated 22/2/2007
