Re: Excess NR Locos for Sale

["Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

"> They can all go to hell.
>
> We have worked bloody hard to reverse the losses that the state rail
system
> had.
Actually sounds good but NR has been going a fair while now, and are not
making much difference to the Drain on Tax payers at all!

>
> Why should we give away what we have worked hard for and that is only to
> help some of our opposition ?  These companies operate without the huge
> operating costs and are satisfying a part of the industry but I'll be
fucked
> if we should allow thm to get bigger on our own equipment.

Fortunately you will not be in a position to make that decision!
>
> They are operating outside the union protection (contrary to the
agreements
> they may have with the RBTU) and I know for a fact that some of their
crews
> are doing extraordinarly long hours to keep the boat above the waterline.
>
> The industry should be using NR as a standardand improving on that.
>
> Stuff the opposition present and the future, we've done a bloody good job
> getting to where we are now.

Yep still using the mobile storage system, using lots of Diesel moving your
empty vehicles all over the country!
I give you something though, Your star trains whenfully loaded are
impressive!

TasRail and Freight Australia are both running in the BLACK and have been
since Privatisation.
Our Union is still the same Union as you belong too. National Rail's
conditions  have deteriorated since you all jumped on the Wagon, and
promised everthing to get the new Corporation up and off the ground...and Of
course you got kicked in the head when it was time for payback. National
Rail Drivers and Terminal Operators accepted Conditions less than Freight
Corp and V/Line, and caused some problems for us in Driver only areas and
Aggregate wage. You won in some areas, I admit.
Please don't throw shit at your brothers, still working for the State
Systems. When NR gobbled up all the "class" jobs from us, we looked as if we
might all have been out of work...Well watch out now, because Private
Opperators can still do it better than a Government controlled National Rail
Corporation. Just pray that our Canadian owners of ATT do not change their
minds and come in with some millions.
Cheers
Rod
than


>
> Joe
> "Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote in message
> 3b0bb347@nap-ns1.netconnect.net.au">news:3b0bb347@nap-ns1.netconnect.net.au...
> > In todays (23/5/01) Financial Review (also at www.afr.com.au ) under the
> > headline-
> >  "PM backs new plan for rail sell-off"
> > It began by stating that "The Federal Government plans to link National
> Rail
> > Corporation and FreightCorp before selling them in a $1.6 billion
> > privatisation this year."
> > It concluded: "To overcome the ACCC's concerns the Federal Government is
> > understood to be considering having National Rail sell some of its
excess
> > locomotives and rolling stock."
> > "This rolling stock would then be sold to other industry players to
boost
> > competition."
> >
> > This is a big change to NR's reluctance to sell any rolling stock to any
> > competitors.
> >
> > What will become of its older locomotives? BLs 81s and the Cs?
> >
> > Will a C class ever be preserved??
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Grahame
> >
> >
>
>