<kuid:404079:1501> VL KMQ T3a 1981+

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From 1977 their was a shortage of container stock on the Broad Gauge with most bogie container wagons being flung around Australia on Standard Gauge, other rollingstock not designed for container traffic such as ELX where also used, a large number of T Vans and U Vans set to be scrapped where put on hold to be converted to KMQ container. The current KMQ's already in service where withdrawn between 1980 to 1985 due to their age which where built off frames from 1910's and 1930's. The new batch of KMQ's getting converted where built from the last batch of U Vans with lever handbrake built from 1946 to 1952 and numered 1267 to 1466. The KMQ's entered service from 1981. In 1983/84 they where stenciled with computerisation check letter. From 1987 through to 1991 these where slowly taken off register, some where fitted with Sleeper Discharge containers and used on Way & works trains into early to mid 1990's.

Common locations they where seen around are Flinders Street Yard, Tottenham Yard, Denilliquin, Appleton Dock, Sunbury, Wodonga, Numurkah, Benalla, Dandenong, Shepparton, Albury, Port Melbourne, North Geelong Yard, Camperdown, Newmarket, Woodend, Castlemaine, Bendigo, Yarragon, Warragul, Echuca, Warnambool, Williamstown Pier, Maryvale, Jewell and Wangaratta, a flat wagon with a ramp to the goods platform was used to load and unload containers without lifting them off the wagon.

This model represents the Type 3 KMQ's with lever handbrake and numbered 210, 211, 215, 221 to 223, 242 to 246, 248 to 251, 256 to 258, 260 to 262, 275 and 276 from 1984. Step's created by Zec.

Mass: 8.76 tonnes (empty) 31.26 tonnes (loaded)
Load Capacity: 22.5 tonnes
Max Speed: 72 km/h
Axle Load: 15.63 tonnes
Brake Cylinder: (1) 203mm x 305mm Combine
Brake Ratio: 27.9% (Loaded) ~ 68.4% (Empty)