Re: DSRM is ....

[Eben Levy <tkid@ozemail.com.au>]

Hi, just want to say congrats on this post. You rounded him of so much better
then I could.

I agree with the fact that they are willing to make excuses but never anything
to solve these so called rumors about them been so incompetent

Brown Family wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:40:09 +1000, "Trevor Edmonds"
> <trevor_edmonds@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
> >Les  Brown wrote...
> >
> >> Obviously if you can afford to shift 4420 by road, someone else can
> >> easily afford to pay to shift it back out again.
> >
> >We use a slow, but relitively inexpensive methid for shifting locos like
> >4420. Trucking her back to Sydney at full commercial rates (with crane hire
> >at both ends) would cost something like $20,000 each way. Thats a lot of
> >overhead cost to make up.
>
> So towing 4420 to Kyogle, is out of the question?
>
> Instead of finding obstacles, we can't we find solutions, Trevor?
> There is no point in making mountains out of molehills.
>
> 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? GNR are prepared to pay much more for a working
> 44. 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.
>
> Ring Geoff Tighe at GNR on 03-9619-6325 and let him give you some
> facts and figures. Let's see just how honest DSRM are in preserving
> trains or are they just interested in playing with them?
>
> Les Brown

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Eben

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