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NSWGR KLY/NLKY Louvered Van Available Now! The KLY/NLKY series louvered vans in HO Scale will be manufactured in 2010. The versions that will be produced are listed below. ‘Trust Auscision for precision’ – we pride ourselves on attention to detail – our variants are not just simple repaints, but contain the many subtle changes that have occurred in real life, as the following listing demonstrates.
KLY Louvered Van PTC Blue
KLY-1 KLY Louvered Van PTC Blue, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! KLY-2 KLY Louvered Van PTC Blue, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! NLKY Louvered Van PTC Blue
KLY-3 NLKY Louvered Van PTC Blue, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! KLY-4 NLKY Louvered Van PTC Blue, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! NLKY Louvered Van SRA Red
KLY-5 NLKY Louvered Van SRA Red, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! KLY-6 NLKY Louvered Van SRA Red, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! NLKY Louvered Van Weathered Brown
KLY-7 NLKY Louvered Van Weathered Brown, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! KLY-8 NLKY Louvered Van Weathered Brown, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! RLSY Louvered Van Sadleirs Green/Yellow V1
KLY-9 RLSY Louvered Van Sadleirs Green/Yellow V1, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! RLSY Louvered Van Sadleirs Green/Yellow V2
KLY-10 RLSY Louvered Van Sadleirs Green/Yellow V2, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! NLKY Louvered Van National Rail Grey
KLY-11 RLSY Louvered Van National Rail Grey, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! NLKY Louvered Van Pacific National Blue
KLY-12 RLSY Louvered Van Pacific National Blue, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! KLY-13 RLSY Louvered Van Pacific National Blue, 4 car pack $239.95 Available Now! Click Here to download Order Form & Information Sheet
KLY,NLKY – PROTOTYPE OVERVIEW
The 17.07 metre long KLY high cubic capacity louvered vans were built in two batches by Commonwealth Engineering at Granville in Sydney. The first batch (originally coded KLV and numbered 18601 to 18651) were built in 1973, and the second batch of vans (numbered 18551 to 18600 and 18651 to 18750) were built in 1975/1976. Cosmetically, the batches differed slightly - the first batch had louvers only on the top and bottom side panels, whilst the second batch had louvers on all panels. In 1974/1975, all KLV's were fitted with 2CM bogies and reclassified to KLY. All KLV and KLY wagons entered service in the Public Transport Commission blue livery. These vans have worked over the entire standard gauge network in various traffics over the years. The KLY's were designed for forklift loading two standard pallets wide inside the van. Commodities carried included all forms of palletised goods such as pet food, newsprint rolls, white goods, fruit & vegetables and bagged cement. The KLY's were fitted with high speed bogies and as such were also attached to passenger trains for carriage of parcels traffic and mail. In the 1979 Railways of Australia recoding initiative, the KLY vans were recoded to NLKY. With the creation of the State Rail Authourity in the early 1980's, many NLKY vans were repainted red. With the formation of National Rail, all NLKY's were transferred to this new entity in 1994/1995. In National Rail ownership, a number of wagons were reclassified to RLSY for carrying traffic on behalf of Sadleirs and were painted in a lime green & yellow livery. From 2005 onwards, a number of vans have been painted into a dark blue livery and have received Pacific National logos and still see extensive revenue service. |
