AQRF Container
Wagon
An AQRF on a Manildra Group export wheat train at Manildra,
These 30, 2TEU wagons were converted from SAR ELX/AOBX open wagons. The body ends and sides were removed and a handbrake stand was added to one end. They can carry 2 x 20ft or 1 x 40ft container.
Date Introduced: Early 2003
Running Numbers: 101 – 130.
Length: 14.9m Tare: 21t Capacity: 55t Gross: 76t
Bogies: AGXB (similar to XCL).
Coding:
- Coded AQRF as introduced into NSW,
- Recoded MQRF when the fleet was sold to Manildra Group in 2005.
Colour Scheme:
- They are painted allover Sunflower yellow with Rich Blue ‘Manildra Group’ lettering. Handrails, steps and control levers are white. Code lettering and bogies are black.
Similar Vehicles: VQOF.
Period of Service: 2003 – Current.
Operation:
These wagons came to NSW in-conjunction with ARG winning the Manildra Group contract in 2003. Two rakes of wagons are used exclusively to convey containerised export flour from the group’s Manildra mill to Pt Botany.
Modelling:
- Victorian Hobby Centre produce a kit for the V/Line VQOF container wagon, which is near identical to the AQRF.
The fabricated handbrake stand on an AQRF. Graham Baker
An empty AQRF at Manildra. Graham Baker