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Re: QR freight changes blasted

Subject: Re: QR freight changes blasted
From: RT <r.thomas@cqu.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:03:19 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Central Queensland University
References: <K%hl6.33$vT.1293@news0.optus.net.au>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:32138

David Bromage wrote:
> 
> Pig producers claim changes enforced this week by Queensland Rail to stop
> transporting pigs from Gympie to north Queensland are devastating the
> industry. Pig meat trader John Dunstan says it is three times more
> expensive to transport pigs by road compared to rail.
> 
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/state/qld/archive/metqld-23feb2001-4.htm

Maybe he should just drove them?

Maryborough (Q).   Mid-summer.   No breeze.   Middle of the night.   No
airconditioning.   Stationary beside a train load of pigs for nearly an
hour.   Thirty years after that I once again boarded a Qld train....

References:
- QR freight changes blasted
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)

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