Re: Westrail Freight sale

["Brian McManus" <brm@global.net.au>]

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> In article <394d8ce2@kastagir.senet.com.au> "T & J Jones"
<jonest@senet.com.au> writes:
> >From: "T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au>
> >Subject: Re: Westrail Freight sale
> >Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:39:27 +0930
>
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> > Westrail have 20 Q class ,and I cant imagine that there are 20 ,4500
tonne
> trains a day between Perth and kalgoorlie.
> At the end of the day the locos will be used where they generate the most
> revenue.
>
> MD
>
> No we don't; but we do have 7500 tonne ore trains(2 soon to be 3), 5000
tonne grain trains(3), 2300tonne nickel trains(daily), 2500 tonne acid
trains(daily) & Freighters(2) which in order to travel at speeds upto 110kph
depending on train type and whereabouts need some oomph in front. That is
what the 19 Q's are used for along with the 12 old L's. Often the Q with a
performance load of 2520 tonne is double headed on many trains eg the iron
ores and Kalgoorlie Freighter.

Brian
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