LF bogie sheep vans

ABOVE: LF 17 at Nth Geelong yard. April 6 1978.
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler

Number in Class 50
Number group 1 - 50
Construction period 1928
In service 1928 - late 80's
1979 recode VSAY
Where built Newport W. S.
DIAGRAMS
Modeling
A bogie version of the 4 wheel L they could be attached to fast goods trains. Built as LL's they had a separate waybill clip for each end meaning one consignee could fill one end and a different consignee could fill the other. Capacity was 200 sheep. From 1961 to 1975 10 LL's ran as LP's by fitting pass bogies.

ABOVE: LL 2 circa 1935. LL2 was built new June 1928, autocoupled June 1932, recoded to LF 2 in 1973, Off register Dec. 1976, Scrapped July 1978 Official VR photo

Photo below shows LF 2 43 years after the photo above was taken. This photo taken at Newport goods yard Feb. 1978, just a few months before it was scrapped

ABOVE: VSAY 1 at Bendigo, 1980

ABOVE: LF 8 circa 1979. Built new June 1928 (as LL 8) autocoupled June 1932, recoded to LP 8 in 1960 (fitted with high speed pass. bogies, recoded to LF 8 (fitted with roller bearing bogies) in Oct. 1974, off register Sept. 1980, scrapped Nov. 1980.

ABOVE: LF 9 at Nth Geelong yard. Oct. 21 1978 Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler

ABOVE: LF 12 loaded with sheep, 1978
Photo courtesy Peter J. Vincent


ABOVE: LF 37 at Nth Geelong yard. June 8 1978
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler

ABOVE: LF 49 June 1977 (Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan)

ABOVE: LL 33 circa 1929. photo courtesy PROV

ABOVE: In 1960, ten LLs were fitted with passenger bogies and taildiscs to enable them to be attached to passenger trains on the Mildura line.

 

 

ABOVE: Passenger bogie under LP 7


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