Re: Freight wagons from China

["deano" <dsma@pigpond.com>]

Oh yeah, and rumour has it that it is Tasrail operating in Southern NSW,
Henty, Lockhart, The Rock etc.
deano <dsma@pigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Trouble is that the Falcon has Chinese made glass in it, poor old
Pilkington
> in Geelong does not produce much for Ford these days.
> < Tell > <telljb@netozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Welcome to the world of "smart thinking", level playing
> > fields and the global economy.  Started by Keating and
> > flourishes under Howard.
> >
> > Been into Kmart or BigW lately.?  Take out all of the
> > goods with labels MADE IN <> "China/Taiwan/Japan"
> > "Singapore/Malaysia/Philipines" and 96 percent of their
> > stock would disappear off their shelves.!!
> >
> > AND if you happen to drive ANYTHING other than a
> > Commodore, Falcon, Magna, Camry then you are driving
> > something which was made overseas like those freight
> > wagons you mentioned. :)
> >
> > Point is, if you are happy as a consumer with the above
> > and buy the overseas product, why should railway gear
> > be exclusively, made in Oz.?
> >
> > ....Tell
> >
> >
> > >James C. <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Apparantly there is a rail company ordered 94 freight wagons from
China.
> > >
> > > Which rail company ordered them? and why order from China when Clyde's
> > > Somerston/Bathurst and Adtranz's Dandenong plants are pretty much
> > > empty???(other then they might sell them at cheaper price)
> >
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