ADMIN was Re: [Ausloco] 3801 trips

[Bob <alco@acay.com.au>]

Gentlemen,
                 this is now way off topic and is not appropriate to
this list. It is however ideal for Ausrailtalk or even aus.rail
newsgroup. Please, lets stick to locomotive talk.
Bob Gioia
Ausloco administrator

>
>
> 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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