NQAY/RQAY 3 TEU Container Wagon

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The NQAY, introduced in 1981, was the first NSW 60’ container wagon without a solid deck. This meant that the containers had to be unloaded before they could be accessed. The 96 surviving wagons were transferred to NRC in 1994.

Builders:

- Electric Power Transmission built the 100 NQAY wagons in 1981 and are numbered 21851 to 21950.

Length: 19.2 m Tare: 20 t Capacity: 54 t Gross: 74 t

Bogies: YCM

Coding:

- Introduced shortly after the ROA recoding as NQAY, they never had a three letter code, They were never converted or recoded in NSW service.

- Recoded RQAY when transferred to NRC in 1994, kept the original numbers.

Colour Scheme:

- Some were repainted in SRA red

- Following the transfer to NRC many were repainted in the NR grey colour.

Operation:

- The NQAYs were pooled with the other NSW 60’ high-speed container wagons (NQOY and derivatives) and worked primarily on interstate services.

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Modelling:

No HO model available.

RQAY 21888 S (top) and 21893 E marshalled side by side on a train at Goobang, August 1995

Roger Jones

Low afternoon sun makes the underframe details of RQAY 21884 M visible, Parkes June 1997

Roger Jones

The deck layout is shown in this shot of RQAY 21865 V at Goobang Roger Jones

A view of a deck of a RQAY. Graham Baker