Re: Hillside Rail buyers
Brian Evans (bevans@omni.com.au)
Sun, 05 Apr 1998 08:19:23 GMT
In article <891052346.211576@woody.hotkey.net.au>, "Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>This week has seen some prospective buyers touring the Hillside Rail system.
>Tuesday saw some people from either an American merchant company or a
>company with the name American Merchant - my source wasn't sure - and today
>there are some more people getting a tour of the system but I couldn't find
>out who. The Tuesday people got a raw deal dealing only with middle
>management but todays tour involves high up management including Hillside
>head Roger Mendes. More info as details come to hand...
>P.S. You may notice that stations are cleaner today than normal on Hillbilly
>Rail, station staff were instructed to have the place looking good for
>today. Some stations were even vacuumed (the first time in a number of
>months for some).
The strong rumour is that Wisconcin Central want to buy the whole network. That is
Hillside, Bayside and the Freight Services plus the track. This is why the
privatisation has been delayed.
Regards,
Brian