Re: {Rumor) Are the VR "C" Class up for sale ?

[Adam <adamdunning@start.com.au>]

In article <B6A189FB.B16%markbau@earthlink.net>,
  Mark Bau <markbau@earthlink.net> wrote:
> in article 95go03$rbh$1@nnrp1.deja.com, James C. at james_ccj@my-
deja.com
> wrote on 2/3/01 3:53 AM:
>
> >
> > Oh Yes, very likely to exceed 500,000$ !  I'll post a recent photo
of
> > X35 I took at Newport on ausloco and vicrailnews later. X35 was
gutted
> > before sent to Seymour Railway Historical Center several years ago.
> > There's NOTHING left except the shell/ some of the bogies.
>
> You are assuming that FA will have to buy everything that is missing
from
> X35, I doubt that would be the case.
>
> Mark

I agree.  A rail organisation the size of FA would definitely have
spare GM motors, generators, traction motors, lights, globes, gauges,
controls, radios, fans, radiators, and anything else major they would
need.

Sheet metal, glass, seats, air conditioning and wire for non traction
purposes would be easy to purchase if needed.  They could even make up
any doors for the cab or carbody they may need.

FA also have the option of getting equipment transferred from within
the Rail America empire at minimal cost.  Also, if RA buys a large
number of, for example, motors, FA would be able to get them
transferred within the organisation for a much lower cost than if they
brought them here in Australia.  FA found, taking everything into
consideration, that it was cheaper for them to import their new 16-
645F3 motors themselves than to buy them from Clyde.

In reality, the largest two cost for FA in rebuilding X 35 will be
labour and straitening the frame.

Adam


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