Wongm's Rail Gallery » Rollingstock bits and pieces

Rollingstock bits and pieces

Looking underneath freight wagons and passenger carriages at the bits that make them roll along the tracks

Codeboard on container wagon CQZY 1642Y

Tuesday 30 November 2021 9:49 AM
Viewed 89 times, 24 times this year)

'CARS Australia' bogie beneath a CQZY container wagon

Tuesday 30 November 2021 9:49 AM
Viewed 108 times, 29 times this year)

'Max 820mm wheels' notice on CQWY 5037-1

Sunday 14 February 2021 4:15 PM
Viewed 86 times, 18 times this year)

Waybill clipped to a grain hopper

Tuesday 1 October 2019 1:04 PM
Viewed 305 times, 10 times this year)

Yellow and pink painted axle box bearing covers

Colour coded so that the bearings can be identified as due for greasing - yellow was done in 2016, pink was 2017

Wednesday 9 January 2019 4:44 PM
Viewed 879 times
(1 time this month, 14 times this year)

Air hose trolley at the Melbourne Freight Terminal, used for pumping up the air brakes of wagons

Saturday 11 July 2015 8:15 AM
Viewed 1036 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Plastic strapping still in place on a freshly overhauled set of bogies

Thursday 26 June 2014 8:23 AM
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(4 times this month, 0 times this year)

Axle driven generator on ex-SAR carriage 600 BK

Saturday 26 October 2013 2:29 PM
Viewed 3802 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this year)

RRZY 7025N designated as a "test wagon"

Tuesday 6 July 2010 2:42 PM
Viewed 2084 times
(2 times this week, 4 times this year)

RRRY 7009J, note added so only last turn wheels are fitted

"Last turn wheels only to be fitted to this wagon - maximum wheel diameter = 790mm"

Tuesday 6 July 2010 2:42 PM
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(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 1 time this year)

'GCTVBG2' on a VHGY hopper - denoting 'GrainCorp train Victoria broad gauge number 2'

Sunday 7 February 2010 3:40 PM
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Brake and auxiliary cylinders beneath a skeletal container wagon

Isolating cock/Dirt Collector/Strainer at top left.

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:41 PM
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Isolating cock/Dirt Collector/Strainer in the brake rigging of a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:41 PM
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Brake and auxiliary cylinders beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:41 PM
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Auxiliary reservoir beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:41 PM
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Brake rigging beneath a skeletal container wagon

The rodding runs from the brake cylinder in the middle to the bogies at each end

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:41 PM
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Wheel handbrake at the end of a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:41 PM
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Brake and auxiliary cylinders connected to the brake rigging, beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:40 PM
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Auxiliary reservoir beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 6 June 2009 1:40 PM
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Brake and auxiliary cylinders beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 23 May 2009 11:49 AM
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Brake rodding and piping beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 23 May 2009 11:49 AM
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Grade Control Valve Hand (left) and Compensator Handle (right) beneath a wagon

Saturday 23 May 2009 11:49 AM
Viewed 2889 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 5 times this year)

Brake and auxiliary cylinders beneath a skeletal container wagon

Saturday 23 May 2009 11:49 AM
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Broad gauge bogie frame with SG wheelsets

Friday 27 March 2009 9:22 AM
Viewed 1618 times, 1 time this year)
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