The VLCX vans are the 1979 recoding of the VLX_ van.
The vans were progressively recoded between 1979 and 1982, with some vans done in 1985.
During the late 1980's, some vans were cut down to flatwagons and modified as VZSX sleeper transports.
By 1991 about one hundred vans were surplus to requirements and placed into storage.
For NRC use, the vans were recoded to RLCX from 1994. They were being returned from this traffic from December 1996, coded back to VLCX again.
To retain some vans for intrastate use, V/line recoded some vans to VLVX for parcels traffic use.
By 1996, most of the early numbered vans had been scrapped. Underframes were being used to replace older underframes under tank wagons.