VR Practices

Goods Wagons

Design and Engineering of VR Bogie Wagons
Looks at the influences in the design of bogie wagon underframes (PDF)
Goods Wagon Bogies
Choosing the right bogies for your wagons (PDF)
Wagon Brakes
About the Westinghouse and handbrakes on VR wagons (PDF)
Wagon Stencils
What do the stencil markings mean? (PDF)

Bogie Container Wagon Underframes
Schematic diagrams of wagon underframes showing brake detail location (PDF)
Bogie Open Wagon Underframes
Schematic diagrams of wagon underframes showing brake detail location (PDF)
Bogie Box Van Underframes
Schematic diagrams of wagon underframes showing brake detail location (PDF)
Bogie Livestock Wagon Underframes
Schematic diagrams of wagon underframes showing brake detail location (PDF)
Bogie Flat Wagon Underframes
Schematic diagrams of wagon underframes showing brake detail location (PDF)
Bogie Louvered Van Underframes
Schematic diagrams of wagon underframes showing brake detail location (PDF)

Passenger Car Bogies
Choosing the right bogies for your carriages (PDF)

Tait Suburban Electric Cars
Schematic diagrams of carriage underframes showing equipment location (PDF)
BCE and CE Wooden Guard's Vans
Schematic diagrams of carriage underframes showing equipment location (PDF)
AS and BS Steel Cars
Schematic diagrams of carriage underframes showing equipment location (PDF)

Interesting Train Consists
Some suggestions on interesting VR train consists to model

AMRM Prototype Index
Index of articles on VR prototype rollingstock from the Australian Model Railway Magazine

Updated 1 March 2012