RE: [Ausloco] 3801 trips

["Chris Parnell" <chris@infinisource.com>]

its not off topic, (look at what the Toll carries, look where all the
wheat goes... we are all about the economic health of Australia)

shiny rails = healthy economy = lower deficit = balance of trade =
budget surplus = less tax = more industry = a good future for your kids

-----Original Message-----
From: ben scaro [mailto:bscaro@hotmail.com]
Sent: 05 May 2000 14:39
To: Ausloco@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Ausloco] 3801 trips


Are NRs expected to be able to use the Blayney-Cowra line in the
Olympics-
or will freights be handed over to long lashups of 48s to haul over the
line
?

I can see this getting off topic pretty quickly (and I know I'm
contributing
to that), but there seems little point in blaming local business if
they
didn't pressure for the reopening in the first place.  Conversely, have
any
of the freight carriers touted for business along the route ? Or was
the
reopening purely for political reasons ?


>From: Peter Donaghy <PeterDo@als.com.au>
>Reply-To: Ausloco@egroups.com
>To: "'Ausloco@egroups.com'" <Ausloco@egroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [Ausloco] 3801 trips
>Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:48:38 +1000
>
>The mayor of Cowra was on the local TV news two or three fridays back,
>complaining about the lack of rail traffic on the re-opened
>Blayney-Cowra line.  The report stated that nothing had run since the
>opening (I don't know too much about it, so can't verify that).  The
>manager of a business along the line was also interviewed and his
>statement was along the lines (no pun intended!) of "it's too much
>bother and mucking about to transfer loading from truck to train, and
>back again at the other end".  No mention of damage to roads, etc.  I
>love the attitude (not!).
>
>Peter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Bromage [mailto:dbromage@omni.com.au]
>Sent: Friday, 5 May 2000 10:19 AM
>To: Ausloco@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Ausloco] 3801 trips
>
>
>On Fri, 5 May 2000, emd567 wrote:
>
> > 38's can't run via Cowra as the recommissioned line is only to
branch
>line
> > standards.
>
>Typical RAC cutbacks. The reopened line was supposed to be able to
take
>NRs.
>The motive for reopening the line was to get freights out of Sydney
>during
>the Olympics.
>
>Cheers
>David

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