CQBY Container Wagon

2^nd batch CQBY new as delivered Auscision Models Collection

In June 2000, CFCLA received the first of this very successful 3 TEU (20ft Equivalent Units) container wagon. They were the first wagons built and delivered from the Qiqihar Railway Rollingstock Works in China. They have a skeletal deck, which is not flat but droops from the centre beam to the edges of the deck. They are fitted with 12 manual twistlocks, which allow them to carry 3 x 20ft or 1 x 40ft and 1 x 20ft container. The 2^nd batch wagons are able to carry 48ft containers also.

Builders:

Qiqihar Railway Rollingstock Works in China

- 50 were built in the 1^st batch in 1999 and numbered 0101-0150

- 75 were built in the 2^nd batch in 2004 and numbered 2001-2075

Length: 19.4m Tare: 19.7t Capacity: 72.3t Gross: 92t

Bogies: B-63, 3-piece low level CCSB bogie

Coding:

- They have only ever been coded CQBY.

Colour Scheme:

- The 1^st batch is painted green with grey bogies. The codeboard was black with white lettering.

- The 2^nd batch of wagons is painted in CF blue with grey bogies. Codeboard, as above.

Further Modifications:

- The 2^nd batch of wagons were built with slightly different handbrake, twistlock and outrigger arrangements

Similar Wagons:

- FCL PRRY

- PN RQHY

- LVRF LQAY

Operation:

The 1^st batch of wagons have seen use, on hire, to Austrac, Patrick PortLink, LVRF, QR National, ARG and Pacific National on intermodal services over the standard gauge network, east of Adelaide to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, as well as on rural NSW container trains.

Members of the 2^nd batch have seen use, on hire, to QR National, SCT and Pacific National over the standard gauge network from Brisbane to Perth

Modelling:

- Auscision Models are to release a HO model in 2006.

1^st batch green CQBY at Harden Auscision Models Collection

2^nd batch CQBY 2042Y in Broadmeadow Yd Auscision Models Collection