Earl
Brian Evans wrote:
>
> 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