>I hear that 42203 and 42220 are soon to be transfered to Countrylink and
>will be based at the XPT centre Sydenham. Also I believe that they will
>be airconditioned and repainted into Countrylink blue. Can anyone
>confirm this? Will this then mean that 422s will operate on the Broken
>Hill pass?
> Bob
G'day.
As I understand it, Countrylink is quiter happy to pay "by the hour"
to hire locos for passenger services. This way, it is not
responsible for the failures and does not have to retain workshops to
maintain them for occasional use each week.
Pete.