[QLD]Freight Corp's Qld coal haulage

["Shane Polle" <shanep@amc.aust.com>]

>How many locos would Frieght corp need to run
>coal trains inQueensland??

Don't know, but 6Mt/y = 16kt/day
The sparks to Gladstone currently pull 101 wagons
in 2+2 mode. Equals about 8000t per trip.

So if Freightcorp run 4 x 4000 class per train to get a simular
performance to the sparks they will need 8, plus a few spare.

However, with a small number like that, one accident/derailment
and Freightcorp will be paying QR to do it again. Where else will
they get locos powerful enough to do the job in a hurry.

Shane