Re: Toll to Distribute Amcor Products by Rail

[Rod <berlina@bigpond.com>]

Les Brown wrote:
> 
> Just announced today  in "The Age" newspaper, Toll are to transport
> brown paper for the packaging industry by rail from the Maryvale mill
> to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, most of which was previously
> transported by road. Toll plans to place in service about 120 new
> specially built container which have curtained-linings.
> 
> In my opinion, this means that trains running to Maryvale can now
> return with a load and a more secure future for the Gippsland line
> which has already had its freight service cut back from Sale to
> Morwell.
> 
> Could this be the reason for Rod's optimism regarding the future of
> drivers at Wodonga? What do you think Rod?
> 
> Toll operates the new Webb Dock terminal as well as the ports of
> Geelong and Hastings.
> 
> Les Brown
Yes, Les have been a bit down lately, with Linfox offering all sorts of
incentives for Shell to go to road, and the immenent Sale to the Yanks.
[why dont Toll buy us, or they saving up for National Rail?]
But we hear that an alliance with Freight Rail to keep the small Private
Companies out is now on [in fact up and running] And now we hear that
Bendigo Freight Centre is closed, and rumours suggest that the displaced
Drivers have been offered jobs at Wodonga, to run amongst outher things,
the Austrac Train [remember the WA 'N'] The very people we teamed up
with FreightRail to control!!