NQYY/NQTY Container Wagon

NQYY 20379A in storage at Enfield Yd. Josh Beveridge

The NQYY is a 2 TEU container wagon converted from NODY open wagons (and intermediates with a NODY parentage). They are used in general container, steel and containerized mineral concentrate traffic. Modifications made to the NODYs included removal of the sides and ends and removal of most of the deck.

Date Introduced: ANI Engineering (now Bradken Rail) converted 193 wagons to NQYY in 1998.

Running Numbers:

- NQYYs retained the former wagon numbers, which fall in the ranges 20201 – 20610, 20801 – 21000 and 85100 – 85158.

Length: 15.1 m Tare: 18.6 t Capacity: 59.4 t Gross: 78 t

Bogies: YCM

Coding:

- These wagons were coded NQYY upon conversion.

- Wagons fitted with standard ‘marine’ type automatic twistlocks are coded NQTY.

Colour Scheme:

- Freightcorp blue and yellow

Further Modifications:

- NQYY wagons are being modified to NQTY by replacing the original ‘finger’ type of automatic twistlocks with the standard ‘marine’ type.

Operation:

- Used in general intermodal freight, particularly intrastate, steel traffic (including interstate) and containerized mineral concentrate (eg Gollombola, north of Parkes). Up until 2003, they were used extensively on Pacific National Sydney metropolitan trip trains. After 2003 most of the fleet was stored pending upgrades and an upsurge in traffic.

Modelling:

No model available, would need to be scratch built

Two shots of NQYY 85122 M, Port Kembla 27/12/2004 Roger Jones

NQYY deck at Cooks River. Grahame Baker

NQYY – left, NQTY right. Note the difference in automatic container twistlocks.

Josh Beveridge