The JX hopper wagons were introduced between 1963 and 1977. They were a pneumatic discharge hopper, using "Air Slide" type equipment: porous floor with air pumped through it to allow the powder to flow like liquid.
JX wagons were numbered 1 - 108 and the class was recoded to VPCX from 1979.
Numbers 1 - 58 were built 1963 to 1971. Numbers 59 to 108 were built 1976/1977. The first 58 wagons were fitted with a three pipe air feed arrangement. These were modified to a single feed supply from the mid 1970's.
The material for two wagons in the JX project of the late 1960's was used to build two flour wagons which were coded _FX_.
Photos for 'JX '
FileID Description................................................CZ576 JX - gash dents along hoppers, s2, Ballarat North Workshops, 2/10/1976, [oRXO]AL437 JX - in consist, Richmond, 9/1968, [oPJV]BY340 JX 1, Footscray Goods, 29/4/1979, [oPJV]AQ076 JX 1, Newport Workshops, 8/1963, [oPTC]AQ075 JX 1, Newport Workshops, 8/1963, [oPTC]AQ074 JX 1, Newport Workshops, 8/1963, [oPTC]BD355 JX 1 - s2e2, small VR, Albury, NSW, 30/3/1975, [oPJV]AQ077 JX 1 - shelf coupler, Newport Workshops, 8/1963, [oPTC]CF492 JX 2 - mod pipes s1, Arden Street, 28/4/1978, [oPJV]CB155 JX 8, Shepparton, 15/4/1979, [oPJV]AM154 JX 10, [oPJV]AH377 JX 11, North Geelong Yard, 29/4/1979, [oPJV]B2871 JX 14, Flinders Street Yard, 4/4/1978, [oPJV]DA697 JX 18 - s1e1c, 3 pipes, Flinders Street Yard, 13/7/1976, [oPJV]DA696 JX 18 - s2e2, 3 pipes, Flinders Street Yard, 13/7/1976, [oPJV]AM155 JX 28, [oPJV]AF376 JX 29 - shelf coupler, 1963, [oPTC]BV603 JX 33 - s2, North Geelong Yard, 9/5/1979, [oPJV]B3291 JX 34, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]BM387 JX 36 - s1e2, Wodonga Coal Siding, 10/5/1980, [oPJV]AI231 JX 40 - 3 pipes, s2, 21/9/1976, [oPJV]BW206 JX 40 - s2, North Geelong Yard, 9/5/1979, [oPJV]AI209 JX 40 - thee pipes, Flinders Street Yard, 21/9/1976, [oPJV]AM156 JX 42, [oPJV]CF553 JX 42 - s2 mods, Arden Street, 27/4/1978, [oPJV]BG638 JX 46 - s1e1, Newport Workshops, 6/11/1975, [oPJV]CZ231 JX 47 - s2e1c, Westall, 10/11/1976, [oRXO]B3261 JX 49 - instruction plate: wrong plate PUSH.. , North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]CN075 JX 49 - s1e2, 1970s, [oBAU]DA695 JX 50 - s1e1c, Flinders Street Yard, 13/7/1976, [oPJV]DA698 JX 50 - s2e2, Flinders Street Yard, 13/7/1976, [oPJV]AT053 JX 54, Wodonga, 16/10/1974, [oPJV]AH378 JX 55, North Geelong Yard, 29/4/1979, [oPJV]AM157 JX 56, [oPJV]CU294 JX 57 - s2e1, Jolimont Workshops, 25/5/1977, [oPJV]B3167 JX 60, North Geelong Yard, 25/3/1979, [oPJV]CU502 JX 63, North Geelong Yard, 12/3/1979, [oPJV]CU504 JX 64, North Geelong Yard, 12/3/1979, [oPJV]CU503 JX 68, North Geelong Yard, 12/3/1979, [oPJV]CT622 JX 75 - s1e2, Flinders Street Yard, 4/9/1977, [oPJV]CT638 JX 92 - s2e1, Jolimont Workshops, 4/9/1977, [oPJV]CN076 JX 101 - s1e2, Arden Street, 1970s, [oBAU]CT621 JX 106 - s1e2, Flinders Street Yard, 4/9/1977, [oPJV]
Diagrams for 'JX '
FileID Description................................................AS683 JX - diagram J-1, 12/12/1974, [oPTC]11843 JX - VR, [sPJV]
File c165m compiled by Peter J. Vincent, updated 24/7/2007
