Re: Leigh Creek

[telljb@ozemail.com.au (< Tell >)]

mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:
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>$3 per tonne is a very low rate, less than 2 c per ntk.
>No Government Railway gets anywhere near these sorts of rates.

Perhaps, getting a leg in the door West of NSW, might
have something to do with it, even if you do not make
any money.!

>The Iron Ore Railways do ,but only as they can haul mighty heavy trains, 20K 
>tonne + per train.
>This couldnt be done on the existing Leigh Creek Track.
>Corect me if I am wrong , but I understood the Leigh Creek coal traffic 
>amounted to just one train per day, ie one full and one empty with average 
>loads of around 5000 to 6000 tonnes.
>This would require at the most 2 X 81 s and 4 crew with possible one extra for 
>irregular rostering , ie sick days / leave etc.
>Certainly doesnt need 15 crew.

Well, it is a state government railway. ;-)

>Does anyone know who provides the train control for the Leigh Creek line now ?

Up until recently, Port Augusta train control.

Cheers

----Terry Burton