Re: EL class update ( was freight victoria update)

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <38A7E8B0.FE687F54@zipworld.com.au>,
  Stuart Ellis <mpp@zipworld.com.au> wrote:
> David Bromage wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> I think you will find that EL58 & 62 are on spot hire to LVRF, ELs
51, 52, 54, 57, are
> used by Austrac. It is understood that CFCL now own 40% of Austrac,
so I don't think
> the ELs are leased to Austrac, more to the point of being used by
them. EL53, EL61 and
> EL64 were inside the Goninan plant at Bassendean as of mid January
undergoing
> overhaul. I am not sure about the other three units.
>
> (shameless plug)  plenty of photos of these ELs in service in the
latest issue of
> Motive Power
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Stuart Ellis
>
>
IIRC not all the ELs are refurbished, some of them still have big gear
rratio and capable of high speed operation.
Maybe class 80 of Freight corp or 422 class are more suitable for FV,
Freight corp have plenty of them spare, FV can hire them for its NSW
and standard gauge operation......

and what about ex-NR(ex-V/line) C class?
I remember there are still a few stored somewhere.(Junee?)


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James


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