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>The other interesting aspect was the logo on the vehicles, which was NQX. I
>have a feeling this is the northern freight division of QR but am open to
>correction.
>
>The road transport industry are certainly getting keener to take more
freight
>- glancing through a truck magazine at the newsagency there was brief
mention
>of a new B Double being trialled by Linfox which is capable of carrying 36
>pallets, achieved by maximising the trailer length and using a slimline
Volvo
>Globetrotter cab. Are any of the railways around Australia looking to
>maximise their wagon design the way the road companies obviously are? An
>extra pallet or two means less wagons to shunt, etc etc.
>
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NQX is either part of the TNT group or part of the Carpentaria Transport
group which is part of something else that I can't remember but not QR.
There is not really any road transport industry in terms of major players
these days. There is a transport industry that would use steam driven
zeppelins if they figured they would make a better profit. The reason they
don't use rail more is because the industry has problems leaving the 19th
century and the English midlands. Some of it has but more of it needs to.
Barry Campbell