Steel trains

Auscision's new release of the Victorian CSX wagon has added further wagons to forming a steel traffic train. These ran into South Australia on steel trains, up into early National Rail days, seemingly with tarps.

VCSX with light load, no tarp.

Below a steel train during late Australian National. Up front, past the departing Indian Pacific, are twin BL class loco's trailed by numerous AOOX open wagons, with a few VOCX wagons in the mix, then VFCX wagons. The two green wagons are Australian National AKEX / AOQF coil steel wagons. These were all former SAR/ANR/AN SO/AOQY/AOQF opens. AN rollingstock circularRS4118/1986 states "Remove body and fit new superstructure reclassify AKEX 1 TO 20 (AOQY (20). To be selected from 101 to 354 series (EX SAR)". Additionally, AN line diagram (F-18) for the AKEX states "Converted from 'AOQY' (ex 'SO')". Fitted with 70tonnes bogies and recoded to RCEF under National Rail.