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Re: Freight Victoria Update!

Subject: Re: Freight Victoria Update!
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 04:52:46 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Another Optus Customer
References: <880ssm$2a3$1@news1.mpx.com.au> <2kJp4.623$A_1.478337@news0.optus.net.au> <mauried.535.38A76E8C@commslab.gov.au>

Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> Surely it would make more sense to simply put the existing SG Gs back on BG 
> and hire some of the ELs or even 82s from SRA to fill the shortfall.
> There are only 4 ELs currently on hire I beleive (2 to ASR and 2 to Austrac) 
> which leaves 9 more somewhere.

IIRC, only 8 are servicable. EL51, 58 and 62 are leased to Austrac. EL63
is leased to ASR, with 56 and 60 on spot hire. 52 and 57 are in CFLC
livery.

EL59 was wrecked at Mt Christie, and was not bought by CFLC.

Cheers
David

Follow-Ups:
- EL class update ( was freight victoria update)
  - From: Stuart Ellis <mpp@zipworld.com.au>

References:
- Freight Victoria Update!
  - From: "Freight_man" <freight_man@hotmail.com>
- Re: Freight Victoria Update!
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Freight Victoria Update!
  - From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)

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