VF louvre vans
VF 1 at Melb. yard 1978.
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From 1962 to 1964 the majority of V's were recoded to VF, those V's that remained were recoded to VF by the mid 70's.
In 1925 VR had 2 "wagon kits" sent over from the American Car & Foundry company (ACF), VR assembled the "kits" at Newport and coded them V 1 & 2. Between 1927 and 1929 VR built 80 copies in 2 batches: 1927 - 1928, V 3 - V 52 (single door) |
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ABOVE: VLBY 2 (ex VF 2) at Port Mebourne
April 1980
photo courtesy Peter J Vincent
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VF 3 was the first production V after VR assembled the two "kits" from ACF. All the V's VR built had corrugated roofs, photo May 6 1978
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VF 19 at Dandenong Feb 1978.
VF 27 at Nth Geelong yard, April 12 1978
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler
VF 31 at Williamstown pier. April 15 1978.
VF 51 at Arden St. April 1 1978.
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VF 54 is representative of the second batch that VR built, the feature of this batch was the double doors, photo Feb. 1978.
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VF 75 at Melb yard, May 2 1978
Note the "Melbourne - Traralgon News Express" stencil
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler
ABOVE: One of the two AC&F pattern wagons, prior to entry into service.
V 27 in original condition, circa 1928
Official VR photo, State Library of Victoria collection
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V 10 in as built condition, photo circa 1932
Official VR photo |
BELOW: Roof view of a single door V, early 1960's
Official VR photo
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Closeup of the "aligned bogie" that caused the wagons to be recoded from V to VF.
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Not sure what happened here as VF 29 appears to be "off register" and it certainly shouldn't be carrying a "F" stencil with archbar bogies. This wagon appears to have gone into local traffic and they forgot to paint out the "F". Photo at Seymour, Dec. 1980.
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan |
VF 8, photographed 1978
VF 16 at North Melbourne workshops, 1978
Photo courtesy Peter J Vincent
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