Re: 8244 not a write off

[matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au (Matthew Geier)]

alberta@zip.com.au (Albert Alcoceba) writes:

>In the message about  8244 not a write off*****, from DAPROC@BIGFOOT.COM to ALL!, DAPROC@BIGFOOT.COM said:"


>DD> Someone in Derek's JOB (and he is being paid to do it!) has contacts all
>DD> over the place in State Rail and FreightCorp - he should check with them.

>It's not as easy as that.  There are many cases of locomotives still being
>officially on the books but for all intents and purposes "written off".  It
>seems that there has never existed a real black and white source of
>information as to the real status of a locomotive.

 If he had access to the SRA's fleet control computer, the last use of
most locomotives could be generally checked. Of course it wouldnt be correct
a lot of the time, but if some one has entered a trip into the computer
for a unit that you thought was written off, that would be worthy of
futher checks with the depot that made the entry.

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