Re: Fate of 85/86 class

[Dion Williams <onamission@start.com.au>]

John McCandless wrote:

> Also, the overhead lines restrict any expansion of the loading gauge.
> Double-stack containers and the like.  

Not sure how that would affect whether electric locos are used or not,
given that the suburban and interurban fleet need the same network and
reconfiguring them would be hugely expensive. The fuel must be cheap
indeed if say three NRs working a freight over the Blue Mountains is
cheaper than two more powerful 86s.

Dion