Talk:Victorian Railways X class (diesel)

Model railway section?

As far as I can tell, the only people who would ever need to use pages like this one are rail enthusiasts/historians or model railway collectors.

The third category is important because it represents a considerable portion of the total page users, so it makes sense that the data should at least be accessible from this page, if not directly included.

For now I'm copying the table here, instead of on the main page, until we can get a higher-level ruling.

Model Railways

HO scale

1st series

In 2014, Trainbuilder released the first ready-to-run 1st-series X Class locomotive models on the market, as brass engines. At the end of 2015 Auscision released plastic 1st-series engines.

Locomotive	Auscision	Trainbuilder
X31	VR Blue (1980-1985), V/Line Orange, Freight Australia, VR Blue (As preserved - SRHC)	VR Blue
X32	VR Blue (1970-1980), V/Line Orange, V/Line Freight	VR Blue, V/Line Orange
X33	VR Blue (1970-1980), V/Line Freight	VR Blue
X34	VR Blue (1980-1985), V/Line Freight	VR Blue, V/Line Orange
X35	VR Blue (1966-1970), V/Line Orange	VR Blue
X36	VR Blue (1966-1970), V/Line Orange, Freight Australia	VR Blue

2nd & 3rd series

In the 1980s, Samhongsa/PSM released unnumbered but otherwise fully painted VR Blue/Gold, and V/line orange and grey brass models of the 2nd and 3rd series X locomotives.

In more recent times, Austrains released the first ready-to-run plastic model of the X Class diesel locomotive in 2004, with ten models of the second and third-series locomotives across three liveries. 2005 saw an unannounced expansion of the range at the Box Hill model railway exhibition in March, with four Freight Australia locomotives released. In 2007 the design was reworked to give smaller pilot holes for the coupler pockets, metal handrails and other details in better quality, with later releases in 2009 and 2010. 2014 saw the release of Trainbuilder's brass locomotives.

Years provided below are approximate.

Locomotive	Austrains	Austrains (upgraded)	Trainbuilder
X37	VR Blue	VR Blue
X38	V/Line Freight	V/Line Freight, VR Blue
X39		VR Blue	VR Blue
X40		VR Blue	VR Blue
X41
X42	Freight Australia	Freight Australia
X43	V/Line Orange	VR Blue, V/Line Orange
X44	VR Blue, Freight Australia	VR Blue, V/Line Orange, Freight Australia	V/Line Orange
X45 Edgar Brownbill	VR Blue, V/Line Freight	V/Line Freight
X46	VR Blue, Freight Australia	VR Blue, Freight Australia
X47	VR Blue
X48		VR Blue	VR Blue
X49	V/Line Orange	V/Line Orange
X50		VR Blue, V/Line Orange
X51	VR Blue	VR Blue
X52		V/Line Orange	V/Line Orange
X53	Freight Australia	Freight Australia, QR National (300pcs)
X54	V/Line Orange	V/Line Orange, Freight Australia, QR National (300pcs)	VR Blue
X55			Vicrail "Teacup" (fictional livery, 5pcs)

N Scale

Powerline/etc?

Anothersignalman (talk) 13:58, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

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