ZL guards vans
ABOVE: ZL 10 at Ararat 1977.
ABOVE: ZL 200 at Woodend. March 1978
ZL 220 was the last ZL to keep its corrugated double roof, Nth Melbourne April 1977
Photo courtesy Peter J. Vincent
ZL 270 at Nth Melb workshops March 1978
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By the 70's the vast majority of ZL's had their planked door panels replaced with plain panels as shown above and below. Also, compare the roof overhang style on these two vans.
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ZL 336 at Bendigo. March 28 1978.
ZL 354 at Bendigo. March 28 1978.
ZL 364 at Newmarket. April 15 1978.
| ZL 375 was stencilled for "Way & Works overhead van" of particular interest is that the centre windows were not blanked over. Very few ZL's had all cupola windows intact by the late 70's. Arden St, 1978 |
ZL 404 at Nth Melbourne workshops, 1979
ZL 418 at Nth Melbourne workshops, 1979
ZL 439 at Castlemaine. March 28 1978.
ZL 443 at Nth Melb workshops March 1978
ZL 443 at Jolimont workshops, April 1977
Photo courtesy Peter J. Vincent
ZL 448 at Westall, July 1 1978.
ZL 451 at Castlemaine. March 23 1978.
ZL 482 at Nth Melb. workshops 1978
ZL 491 at Nth Melbourne workshops, 1978
ZL 518 at Nth Melb workshops 1978.
ZL 583 at Jolimont June 1982
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ZL 607 at Port Melbourne. April 1 1978.
ZL 624 at Bendigo, after withdrawl from service, Oct. 1 1985. Note the wire grills over the cupola windows, these were added from about 1980 onwards
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ABOVE: ZL 669 at Nth Melb workshops, Feb. 1978
BELOW: 31 years later near Daylesford, Aug 2009
ZL 673 at Nth Melb workshops March 1978
A number of ZL's were restricted to local area work in their later days, June 1983, Tottenham
Photos of ZL 673 courtesy Rob O'Reagan
ZL 677 at Woodend, March 1978.
ZL 691 with its dog compartment door blanked over. 1978.
ZL 695 at Bendigo. March 28 1978
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ZL 705 at Arden St. Feb. 1978. 627 - 706 were built with 2 axles, planked sides and just 2 cupola windows
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Although the group 707 - 746 were built with panel sides as shown in the photo above of ZL 709, in the photo below we see ZL 743 with most panels replaced with planks. Also note the dog compartment door blanked over, this was common in later years.
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ABOVE (Arden St April 1 1978) and BELOW (Bendigo July 8 1978): ZL 711 showing both sides still retaining its full panelling
ZL 712. 1978.
ZL 725 at Nth Melb workshops March 1978
ZL 743 at North Geelong. April 24 1978.
Note the mixture of panels!
| Interior view of ZL 488. The gauge in the middle showed brake pipe pressure (normally 70 psi or 500 kpa) the small cock to the right was "the tap" that allowed the guard to exhaust brake pipe air to atmosphere, thus applying the brakes on the entire train. The round wheel to the left was the handbrake.The plate used to blank the centre windows is clearly visible.. |
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