ZD guards vans
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Another variant of the standard Z van was the ZD, the D meaning "dual coupled" that is, being equipped with a automatic coupler and a screw coupling. When the screw coupler was in use the auto coupler was turned aside as in the photo above. Because they had screw couplers ZD's kept their buffers to the end.
The ZD were recodes from ZP's which were allowed 60 MPH on passenger trains. The recoding took place in the mid to late 70's ZD numbers were: 19, 31, 211, 237, 239, 260, 468, 469, 470, 471, 494, 500, 600, 604, 611, 619 |
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ZD 31 at Brooklyn, 1978
ABOVE: ZD 468 at Traralgon, March 1978.
BELOW: Preserved at Trentham 2011
ZD 469 at Bendigo, Nov. 1976
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ZD 494 at Bendigo, March 1978
ZD 500 at Woodend, March 1978
ZD 619 at Bendigo, March 1978
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