Re: [NSW] RTM (was: Countrylink & Sydney things to do)

["The Railway Rasputin II." <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

"chris@enet21.com.au" wrote:
> 
> hi
> for what it's worth
> 
> I was down a Thilmere a few years ago and one of their staff members told me they
> don't need anything larger than a 30T running for loop line service. Anything
> larger than that and it's not economical. Large steam  locomotives are very
> expensive to maintain and run.
> 
> chris

That is correct. 
People often ask me about getting 6040 running. For the cost of getting
that running we can get 3 maybe 4 smallsteam engines running depending
on their condition.

rgds