JX cement hoppers

ABOVE: JX 104 at Shepparton, 1978.

	Number in Class 158 Number group 1 - 108 Construction period 1963 - 1982 In service 1963 - end 1979 recode VPCX Where built Newport and Ballarat Diagram More photos Modeling Austrains make a plastic HO model		The JX's carried bulk cement, mainly from Waurn Ponds near Geelong, to many locations around the state. An air supply was required to unload them as they were not gravity discharge. In the mid 80's they were used to carry cement to NSW for the building on the new parliament house in Canberra, in this service they ran in blocks of about 15 - 30 wagons. The last 50 (109 - 158) were built as VPCX
				# group Dates built Where built 1 - 25 (25) 1963 - 1964 NP 26 - 35 (10) 1965 - 1966 NP 36 - 45 (10) 1968 NP 46 - 58 (13) 1970 - 1971 BT 59 - 108 (50) 1976 - 1977 BT 109 - 158 (50) 1981 - 1982 BO

ABOVE: JX 10 at Sth Dynon, Dec. 1977
Photo courtesy Peter J. Vincent

ABOVE: JX 39 at Nth Geelong, 1978
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler

ABOVE: JX 42 circa 1968
official VR photo

ABOVE & BELOW: Builders photos at Newport, 1963.
official VR photos

ABOVE: JX 55 as built at Newport, 1971
official VR photo

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