Re: DSRM is ....

["Trevor Edmonds" <trevor_edmonds@dingoblue.net.au>]

Les Brown wrote...

> If someone is prepared to pay whateber it takes; $2,000 to Kyogle,
> $20,000 to Sydney or $50,000 to Melbourne in order to get use out of
> your loco, why not?

The costs are not proportional to the distance. Most of the costs are in
dismantling/loading and unloading/assembly.

> GNR are prepared to pay much more for a working 44.

Then they should contact DSRM with a proposal.

> Even if DSRM themselves paid to send it to Melbourne, it would
> make up the costs in less than a month and anything after that is
> cream.

That would be about $25 - $30,000 to get it there and a similar amount to
get it back. Who do you know who would be prepared to pay $60,000 to dry
hire a 44 for a month. If hiring out is so lucrative, why are there numerous
44s stored around NSW?

Trevor