Re: GSR's First Overland Arrives

Rex (dmayo@ozemail.com.au)
2 Nov 1997 11:51:17 GMT

NR will not lose anything as they do not run the train. They are contracted
by GSR to provide locos and crews at a set price. They could not care
whether the thing had 5 or 55 cars or was MT or loaded.

Rex

Maurie Daly <mauried@commslab.gov.au> wrote in article
<mauried.354.345BF035@commslab.gov.au>...
> In article <345bbcae.47938@news.enternet.com.au> steam4me@enternet.com.au
(Yuri J Sos) writes:
> >From: steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J Sos)
> >Subject: GSR's First Overland Arrives
> >Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 23:38:07 GMT
>
> >NR77 arrived on the point of the Overland promptly at 8.00am today,
> >Sunday 2 Nov 1997 with a "Ghan" power car, 5 cars, and an Indian
> >Pacific bagge car.
>
> >GSR uniformed personnel were in attendance.
>
> >RTS' J class still provides shunting and docking assistance.
>
> >Regards
>
> >Yuri
>
> You have to wonder about the economics of running a 5 car passenger train
with
> a $3.5 million dollar 4000HP loco on the front.
> How long can this go on for, or are NR running this train at a loss?
> 5 cars with a power van & luggage van would weigh no more than 350
tonnes,
> equals about 11.5 HP/tonne, more than the XPT..
> Beats me
>
> cheers
> MD
>
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