RQRY Container Wagon

New RQRY 01007W with a 48ft coil steel baskets at Morandoo. Jan 2008 Josh Beveridge

These wagons were delivered to Pacific National for heavy 48ft container traffic. They have a skeletal deck, which is not flat but droops from the centre beam to the edges of the deck and are fitted with 8 automatic twistlocks, which allow them to carry either 2 x 20ft, 1 x 40ft or 1 x 48ft container.

A large number of them have been utilized to carry wire-in-coil 48ft ‘baskets’ of either single or double tier.

Builders:

- 180 wagons were built by Bradken, with the first delivered in November 2007. Running numbers are 1001-1180.

Length: 15.2m Tare: 17.5t Capacity: 74.5t Gross: 92t

Bogies: 70t Ride Control RRXE CCSB bogie with 840mm wheelsets.

Coding:

- They have only ever been coded RQRY

Colour Scheme:

- These wagons are painted PN blue with yellow outrigger edges. Bogies are black and the codeboard is black with white lettering.

Similar Wagons: FCL PRRY

Operation:

These wagons can be seen all over the standard gauge network from Brisbane to Perth on Pacific National intermodal and steel trains.