HOn3.5 12mm Narrow Gauge QLX STEEL LOUVRED BOX WAGON KIT HO Gauge

QLX STEEL LOUVRED BOX WAGON

INCLUDES COMPLETE DECALS.

THIS KIT REQUIRES BOGIES:

QRB008 - HOn3.5 STANDARD MODERN FREIGHT BOGIES (1 pair) - Click ACCESSORIES to ADD TO ORDER

HISTORY: -
On the 17/09/1963, the first of the QLX was delivered to the Queensland Government Railways. The first wagons delivered, numbered 32369 – 32669 of which the first 150 were coded GLC. The first 300 wagons were fitted with draw hooks when built by Comeng Engineering. In the month of 9/64, the wagons were recoded to QLX class. In 1968 the wagons were converted to auto couplers.

The following information is the numbers, dates, and manufacturers who built the wagons.
300 32369 – 32669 - 17/09/1963 Comeng Engineering
50 34274 – 34323 17/06/1969 - 19/12/1969 Scotts Engineering Ipswich
100 34324 – 34423 18/12/1969 - 20/07/1970 Comeng Engineering
100 34767 - 34866 12/11/1970 - 29/06/1971 Comeng Engineering
100 35270 - 35369 10/11/1971 - 28/06/1972 Comeng Engineering
100 36339 - 36438 06/09/1972 - 18/04/1973 Comeng Engineering
100 36888 - 36987 19/04/1973 - 16/10/1973 Comeng Engineering
100 37002 - 37101 22/10/1973 - 09/05/1974 Comeng Engineering
150 37954 - 38103 19/09/1974 - 18/07/1975 Comeng Engineering
100 38455 - 38554 14/08/1975 - 25/03/1976 Comeng Engineering
50 39081 - 39130 09/07/1976 - 27/09/1976 Comeng Engineering
50 39252 - 39301 28/10/1976 - 21/02/1977 Comeng Engineering
50 39430 - 39479 14/04/1977 - 14/07/1977 Comeng Engineering

A total of 1350 wagons were built and some wagons were converted to CLX, QSC, QSCW, QLDP, QLXM, QLXP, QLXT, QLXH, QZS, PCY, PCYK, KOJX, and QLP. The QLX has a wooden floor with a timber strip wall in the middle of the wagon to separate loading for two companies and stations. The wagons were not designed for forklifts to load in or out of the wagon. The wagon has a tare weight of 18.8 tonnes with a carrying capacity of 21.2 tonnes. The QLX wagon has 2 types of end walls called “ORIGINAL” and “MODERN”. The QLX wagon is still in use today, but their life is slowly coming to an end. We wish to thank C. Malone for a large amount of this information.