Re: Fate of 85/86 class

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

By having electric locos they have to pay on two fronts.
1st use of track.
2nd use of O/head power lines.
(I know it is combine in one ginormus fee)
With the use of deisels they don't have the O/head wiring bit.
They reckon the fuel is cheaper.
rgds


"chris@enet21.com.au" wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> What is going to be the fate of the electric locomotive in NSW?  I hear
> the higher authorities don't want them. I reckon replacing them with
> diesels was a backward step, rather like ripping up asphalt roads and
> returning them to dirt.
> 
> regards
> 
> Chris