NRC RKEX T6a - 1999+

NRC RKEX T6a - 1999+

From March 1980 through to July 1980 ELX wagons numbered 9, 18, 26, 27, 28, 31, 34 and 49 had their doors removed and timber bolsters fitted to the floor and recoded VOEX for Steel Slab traffic between Albury, NSW and Long Island, Vic. These wagons never went on the Standard Gauge, while at Albury loads where moved from SG wagons to BG wagons rather than bogie exchange, about 1982/83 the side bodies where removed and stanchions fitted like the VODX wagons. From March 1984 VOBX wagons numbered 42, 53, 62 and 65 where converted to VOEX however this time the sides where lowered and numbered 9 to 12. In 1986 another 12 VOBX/VOCX wagons numbered 394, -, 266, 207, 197, 363, 233, 397, 1016, 398, 406 and 211 where converted to VOEX from February through to March and renumbered 39 to 50 following the VODX conversions. Going into 1987 all VOEX where recoded VKEX and fitted with extra stanchions. The extra stanchions may have been fitted in 1987 at North Melbourne Workshops when they where recoded or between 1989 to 1991 during their lift period and repaint at North Bendigo Workshops. From 1991/92 these where also seen at Mile End on South Australian steel traffic. These where recoded to RKEX in late 1994 handing over the rollingstock to the Federal Government operator National Rail Corporation and remained on the Broad Gauge until April 1995 then they all went on the Standard Gauge. In 1995 NRC moved their load exchange operation from Albury to Melbourne which made it easier for them to move loads from both SG and BG wagons and removed the need to send BG Steel trains to Albury just to swap loads from SG to BG stock along with some RKEX going on the Standard Gauge. In 1995 ROBX 114 and 170 where converted to RKEX keeping their original numbers, another RKEX was built from ROBX 175 in late 1999, not sure if it should be Improved Handbrake or Minor Handbrake so I built it with a Minor.

This Model represents the Type 6 RKEX wagons with Corrugated ends and numbered 175 late from 1999 on Standard Gauge, Step's created by Zec.

Mass: 22.24 tonnes (empty) 74.00 tonnes (loaded)
Load Capacity: 56 tonnes
Max Speed: 96kph
Axle Load: 18.50 tonnes
Brake Cylinder: (1) 305mm x 305mm Air slack Adjuster
Brake Ratio: 34.9% (Loaded) ~ 63.4% (Empty) Load Compensating

Author: Azervich

NRC RKEX T6a - 1999+
• computerisation rkex.txt 6.64KB
• config.txt 8.73KB
• icon.tga 6.04KB
• screenshot.jpg 54.30KB
shadow
shadow-low.im 9.93KB
shadow.im 67.62KB
shadow.lm.txt 161 bytes
• wagon.gs 21.00KB
wagon_body
alpha-alpha.texture.txt 45 bytes
alpha.tga 32.04KB
grade-control-lever-tris.im 556 bytes
grade-control-lever.im 17.04KB
grade-control-lever.kin 2.34KB
grade-control-lever.lm.txt 211 bytes
handbrake-tris.im 560 bytes
handbrake.im 29.20KB
handbrake.kin 7.62KB
handbrake.lm.txt 191 bytes
load-compensating-lever-tris.im 676 bytes
load-compensating-lever.im 20.46KB
load-compensating-lever.kin 4.10KB
load-compensating-lever.lm.txt 219 bytes
main-env.tga 12.00MB
main-main-env.texture.txt 49 bytes
main-normals.texture.txt 83 bytes
main-normals.tga 12.00MB
main-spec.tga 12.00MB
main.tga 12.00MB
mesh-step-env.tga 192.04KB
mesh-step-mesh-step-env.texture.txt 59 bytes
mesh-step-normals.texture.txt 93 bytes
mesh-step-normals.tga 192.04KB
mesh-step-spec.tga 192.04KB
mesh-step.tga 192.04KB
wagon.lm.txt 291 bytes
wagon_highest.im 1.22MB
wagon_low.im 393.89KB
wagon_lowest.im 2.30KB
wagon_mid.im 976.51KB