Q flat wagons
ABOVE: Q 125 at Nth Melb Workshops, May 19 1981
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
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This page describes the "modern" Q's, there were earlier types most of which were scrapped by the turn of the century. A general purpose flat wagon, over the years they hauled almost every concievable load from poles, to circus wagons, army tanks, bridge girders, bagged wheat, even a house! Q 1 was shorter than the rest of the class and featured a wooden deck. For a short time 1955 - 1962 the 4 QH's (ex S class steam tender underframes) were coded Q with numbers 132 - 135. Q 129 was unique, it was built to transport narrow gauge locomotives. There were also some oddball Q's that will be covered later. |
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ABOVE: Q 44 at Nth melb workshops. 1978.
ABOVE: Q 47 at Newport workshops, March 1978
ABOVE: VFAA 48 at Nth Melb workshops, 1979.
ABOVE: Q 49 at Nth Melb workshops. Sept 2 1978.
ABOVE: Q 52 on a down Bendigo goods at Sunshine. Feb. 1978.
BELOW: Q 52 at Nth Melb workshops, 1979.
ABOVE: Q 55 Nth Geelong yard. Feb. 7 1978 Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler
ABOVE: Q 56 preserved at Beaufort, Sep 2021.
ABOVE: Q 59 loaded with a Marion steam crane in 1928.
ABOVE: Q 67 on a down Bendigo goods at Sunshine. Feb. 1978.
ABOVE: A rake of Q's carrying military vehicles at Melbourne yard, June 4 1964
Official VR photo M 9581
ABOVE: Q 69 circa 1948
ABOVE: Q 72 circa 1925, Madden collection SLV.
ABOVE: Q 79 at Port Melbourne. April 1 1978
ABOVE: Q 83 loaded with the VR's mobile exhibition caravan at Rochester, Oct. 16 1968
Official VR photo PR 2724.
ABOVE: Q 89 at Nth Melb Workshops April 13 1981
Photo courtesy Rob O'Regan
ABOVE: Q 92 at Nth Geelong yard. April 6 1978
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler
ABOVE: Q 101 at Graham. June 1978
ABOVE: Q 103 at Brooklyn. April 1 1978
ABOVE: Q 108 at Melbourne yard, circa 1938
ABOVE: Q 109 at Nth Melb workshops. Sept. 2 1978
ABOVE: Q 110 at Graham. June 1978
ABOVE: Q 113 at Melbourne yard, circa 1940
ABOVE: Q 117 on a down Bendigo goods at Sunshine. Feb. 1978.
ABOVE: Q 120 at Nth Melbourne. Sept. 16 1978
ABOVE: Q 125 loaded with rails, 1979.
ABOVE: Q 131
ABOVE: Q, QR with its sides and ends removed, and another Q loaded with a large bridge beam, June 1929. (photo by Wilfred Disney Chapman)
ABOVE: End view of unknown Q, 1978.
ABOVE: View of deck and cradles.
Photo courtesy John McCallum
ABOVE: Classleader Q 1 was shorter than other Q's and had a wooden deck.
ABOVE: Q 1 at Williamstown. Aug. 6 1978
Photo courtesy Geoff Winkler
ABOVE: Top view of Q 1's deck
BELOW: Q 1 lettering detail.
ABOVE: A rake of Q's loaded with welded rail at Spotswood, note early position of handbrake.
ABOVE: A rake of Q's unloading rail at Wallan circa 1925
| 2 unknown Q's at the Kelly & Lewis yard at Springvale, hauling 63' girders for the Broken River bridge at Benalla during construction of the Melbourne to Albury standard gauge line, photo circa 1960. |
Q 129 Narrow gauge loco transporter
| The article below appeared in the April 1958 VR newsletter and shows Q 129 and normal Q's in use transporting narrow gauge equipment. |
ABOVE: Q 30 at Newport workshops. Aug 10 1978
ABOVE: Q 27 at Newport workshops. Aug 10 1978.
ABOVE: A few years ago Model Etch produced a Q wagon kit, I was lucky enough to have Frank Kelly assemble mine!
Early style Q wagons
ABOVE: Q 18 circa 1925. Built 1878, converted for Pintsch gas transport circa 1908. Scrapped Sept 1942. Madden collection, SLV.
ABOVE: Q 33, circa 1925. Built 1878, scrapped July 1927. Madden collection SLV
ABOVE: Q 19 was built 1878, fittted with Westinghouse air brake in 1911. This photo may be circa 1925 in service on the Better Farming Train. It was scrapped in 1943. Not many wooden underframes were eqipped with air brakes. photo courtesy SLV.
| Q 14, (above and below) was photographed circa 1878. It was of very different construction to the modern type being built with a wooden underframe. The group numbering 14 - 38 (25 total) were built by Tozer in 1878. Some Q's from this group were converted to Pintsch gas service by adding a tank and a small wooden cabin. Note, the wagon as shown in these photos may not have been in an "in service" condition. |
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