RQQY 5-pack 48ft Container Wagon
Brand new RQQY at
Dynon in 1995. National
Rail Corporation photo
Upon creation National Rail commissioned many
new low deck, low tare, high speed container wagons for its new Intermodal
business. NRC needed wagons capable of carrying 48ft containers especially. The
wagon was designed by Australian National in 1994, and the prototype set REQY
7003 underwent trials in early 1994.
The 5 permanently coupled platform sets can
carry either 5 x 40, 48ft containers or 46ft Reefers, or 10 x 20ft containers.
Builders:
18 sets were built by COMENG at their Rocklea, QLD plant in 1995. They are
numbered 7067-7083.
Length: 77.86m (5 x 15.56m units) Tare: 56t Capacity: 220t Gross: 276t
Bogies: Bradken Kendall 70t Ride Control with 840mm dia wheels and TRIAX bogie mounted brake system.
Coding:
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As
introduced, RQQY.
Colour
Scheme:
-
As
introduced, painted in standard NRC grey and marigold.
Modifications:
Unknown if any modifications have been made.
Similar
Vehicles: REQY was the prototype wagon for the RQQY.
Period of
Service: 1995 to current
Operation:
Used in NRC/PN Intermodal trains on the SG rail network.
Modelling:
No RTR or kit model is available, so
it will need to be scratchbuilt.
General Outline W1-328 drawing
available here.
RQQY End unit deck and intermediate platform
connector and bogie. Mallee Route Media photos.
RQQY 7081 empty set rolling thru Pyrenees, VIC. Greensleeves.94 flickr photo
RQQY set with a load of 48ft LINFOX containers,
Yanderra NSW.
Chris Jones
RQQY 7069g P2 with 48ft FCL container at Forestfield, WA. Dvdlcs flickr photo
RQQY 7069G P3 with a 46’6” RAND Reefer at Forestfield, WA. Dvdlcs flickr photo
RQQY loaded with 2 x 20ft containers.