NQKY 3 TEU Container Wagon

NQKY 34601 at Chullora SFT

As the need open wagons reduced in the late 1990s, FreightCorp converted 55 NOCYs (CDY) to container wagons. The bodies were removed, and the floor was heavily skeletalised to reduce tare weight. They were unique at the time in that in addition to either 3 x 20ft or 1 x 20ft + 1 x 40ft container, they could carry 2 x 30ft CRT containers that had been recently introduced.

Date Introduced: 1997

Running Numbers: The 1 x NQKF and 54 x NQKYs are numbered in the range 34601-34699.

Length: 20.6m Tare: 21t (20t NQKF) Capacity: 59t (NQKF 72t) Gross: 80t (NQKF 92t)

Bogies: NQKF – 70t DBA NQKY – 2CM 50t YMB/YMC

Coding:

- NQKF 34622 was later recoded NQKY.

- The 54 NQKYs have only ever been coded thus.

Colour Scheme:

- Painted in FreightCorp Blue with yellow ends when introduced.

Similar Vehicles: Converted from CDY – NOCY Open Wagons.

Period of Service: 1997 to Current

Operation:

Designed to carry CRT 30ft containers, their early days saw them operating on SM9 CRT service from Yennora, NSW to Altona, VIC. In 2002, FA took over the CRT contract and the wagons were briefly put into the general container wagon pool. From the mid 00’s onwards, they were allocated to PN Intermodal and are seen throughout Australia. Many are being used on SteelLink services and are fitted with comtainerised Jumbo Coil Steel cradles.

Modelling: PLAN

- Auscision Models are planning to release this wagon in 2021.

NQKF 34622 in original configuration.

NQKY in FreightCorp service.

NQKY 34633Y at Aylmerton, NSW. Chris Jones

NQKY 34633 with Jumbo Coil cradles on the NESG in Victoria. Chris Jones