Re: Goodbye Overland

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

thalytgv@my-deja.com won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> I remembered couple of years ago there was an article in Railway digest
> comparing the fuel effieiency and operation cost of XPT and class 81
> loco haul passenger stock, XPT were found to be more costly and less
> fuel effiency then class 81 with passenger stock, Since class BL built
> later then most of the 81s hence maybe more fule effieicy,  would XPT
> replacement be an ideal solution?

What about an EL hauling some modern lightweight (~40t) passenger cars?

Cheers
David