FQX container/flat wagon

Number in Class 435
Number group 501 - 935
Construction period 1968 - 1978
In service 1968 - end
1979 recode VQCX
Where built Newport, Bendigo W.S.
DIAGRAM
Modeling S.E.M. makes a supurb HO model kit # R13
The FQX class was VR's primary container wagon for many years. They were most often seen on interstate freights but also were used in intrastate traffic to Shepparton and Echuca. The numbers started at 501 because S.A.R. had similar wagons that numbered up to 500.

In use, FQX's carried 2 loaded or 3 empty containers.
In 1977 100 FQX's were re-coded to FQF

# group Where built Year
501 - 578 NP 1969
579 - 625 NP 1970
626 - 675 NP 1971
676 - 700 NP 1972
701 - 825 NP 1973
826 - 874 BO 1975
875 - 925 BO 1976
926 - 934 BO 1977
935 BO 1978

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