Re: Some interesting info from NRCs and ARTCs annual reports.

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

Barry Campbell wrote:
> 
> Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
> >In article <HTAm4.18297$3b6.75714@ozemail.com.au> "Barry Campbell"
> <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> >>From: "Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>
> >>Subject: Re: Some interesting info from NRCs and ARTCs annual reports.
> >>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 23:39:52 +1100
> >
> >
> >>Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
> >
> >><snip>
> >
> >>>Heres an  interesting question.
> >>>If a Rail company is required to run an unprofitable train , ie a train
> >>from
> >>>Melb to Perth where there is no reverse loading back to Melb , should it
> >>have
> >>>the right to decline the traffic, and indeed should it decline the
> traffic.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Of course the problem is that there is an awful lot of one way loading in
> >>Oz. The Trans line is one of the worst.  Some do say that the only reason
> >>that rail has so much of this corridor is that the truckies give it a miss
> >>because of that.
> >
> >>Having said that, there is obviously a market for East Coast to Pert
> >>transit. If that entails an empty run on the way back then this needs to
> be
> >>built into the price.
> >
> >>Stats may not mean everything, Maurie.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Barry Campbell
> >
> >
> >Absolutely , stats never tell the whole story.
> >Answer this question then .
> >If NRC is privatised and sold as a public company , will you be buying
> shares?
> >
> >MD
> >
> I may be eccentric but I'm not crazy!

I'd do it for a laugh but not for serious investment.

rgds
> 
> Barry Campbell