RVX4 – Track Evaluation Car
Over on Railpage Australia there’s been a discussion going on about opening the old Picton Loop line to feed commuter traffic down to connect with the mainline. It was started when one member posted a photo of the Rail Evaluation Car – RVX4 – taken at Buxton recently.
It seems that the car couldn’t get over the entire loop line due to vegetation and no one is really planning on reopening the Loop Line for commuter traffic.
Here’s a photo of RVX4 taken in Orange back in September 1989 by Bob Old. The brick building in the background was the Orange District Superintendent’s office … I’m sure that’s a position that’s no longer in existence.
Here’s a similar vehicle that I photographed behind the old Lithgow Railway Station some time around 1977 or early 1978.
