Re: Pendennis Castle swap for tasman garret k1

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

"James Brook" <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Bob wrote:
>
> > ...Hamersley Iron own the loco...
>
> In an earlier post to this thread Bernard Smith said:"TRM indicated that
one factor
> likely to force the issue was that Hamersleyhad successfully defended an
access claim
> to their track by Robe River on
> the grounds that the track is part of the mining process.  If 4079 had
been
> restored and run on Hamersley's track, this could have jeopardised this
> defence."
>
> If Hammersley Iron owns the loco then how would it jeopardise their
defense of the
> track access claim by Robe River? They would simply be allowing one of
their locos to
> run on their line.
>
If they used it to haul their own ore trains it would be OK. Anything else,
like allowing the PRHS to run trains is allowing another group access to
their tracks which CRRIA could then claim as a precedent.
--
Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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