Re: Truckies not happy with livestock rail subsidies

[Tell <telljb@ozemail.com.au>]

Well, NRC move cattle wagons around Alice occasionally
including the AN double deckers.  
Facetious mode ON:- (Anyone know if they are running
double deck cattle wagons on Queensland Rail yet.?)
  
I have not been out to Roe Creek for years, will have
to go look and sniff out. :)
Keep in mind that Roe Creek is not the only cattle
loading point on the TAS.
I will get back on this one.

As for cattle movements, yes the live export trade from
Darwin is booming, so much so that cattle are coming
into the Northern Territory from Qld and SA.  
They are triple-trailered double-decked to the Top End
in quick smart time.!

BUT, the Cattle Stations are getting top prices down
South as well, not all cattle are going North.  

....Tell


>"T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au> wrote:

> NRC hasn't hauled livestock for some years.  I think the reasons include.
> 
> 1.    The siding in Adelaide is in Dry Creek which belongs to ASR.
> 2.    I think the stock yards beside the siding have been removed.
> 3.    The demand reduced dramatically as all the livestock was going north
> for export through Darwin.where there was a higher price.
> 
> To my knowledge the Roe Creek siding (livestock rail spur outside Alice
> Springs) hasn't been used in years.
> 
> "Tell" <telljb@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> edpvctk5tqgd4q49k7cg8bsuc8e3l3d36q@4ax.com">news:edpvctk5tqgd4q49k7cg8bsuc8e3l3d36q@4ax.com...
> > David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in
> > reply to James:
> > >
> > > "James C." wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > You mean that they still carry livestock by train in Queensland? I
> thought
> > > > > all that traffic went to road years ago! What other Australian rail
> > > > > operators still carry cattle, sheep, horses, etc. by train?
> >
> > Said David:
> >
> > > When did AN cease livestock transport?
> >
> > Said Tell:
> >
> > Not sure about AN.:)  NRC still haul livestock.
> >
> > ....Tell
> >
>