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

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

"The Railway Rasputin II." wrote:

> "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