Re: Ballast by Road

[nswsrca@ozemail.com.au]

On 11 Dec 1998 16:39:08 +1000, <> wrote:

>In the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday 
>30 November and Wednesday 2 December 
>Rail Services Australia was calling for 
>tenders to supply road freight for 
>ballast from Bombo, Ardglen and Martin's
>Creek for a period of 2 years. Why by road 
>when each of these quarries has a rail 
>connection? 


G'day.

Presumably just to find out what the cost of the alternative means of
transport is.   That wuld then put Rail Services australia in a better
negotiating position with FreightCorp, or allow it to more accurately
consider its own line haulage with the locos recently acquired from
SRA..

Hunslet.