Re: New Newcastle fleet

[neumannc <neumannc@ozemail.com.au>]

Graham Smith wrote:
> 
> Carl Scully was in Newcastle yesterday to announce the calling of tenders
> for a new fleet for Hunter Valley DMU services. Seven two-car sets are to be
> built at a cost of $50 million, tenders being called within six months,
> contracts signed within eighteen and trains running by 2005. From the
> artist's impressions in today's Newcastle Herald, the sets appear to be very
> similar to the new-generation British DMU's. Clyde, Goninan, Alstom, Adtranz
> and Siemens were quoted as the interested companies.
> 
> Graham Smith

Is anyone able to keep up with the number of 'announcements' that Carl
Scully has made?  It must be thousands.

On the other hand it would not be hard to keep up with the number of his
announcements that have resulted in something actually happening.  My
guess would be 0!  Anyone want to make a bet that in six months there
will be NO tenders being called and the announcement will have been
remade a minimum of 6 times?

Chris