Re: Interesting Rumour

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

Very hard to argue with those points.  I guess whether
you have HEP or Vans the owner of the train still pays.
The Overland has been marginal for years, fiddling with
motive and train power supply has a sought of ........
"deck chair/Titanic" ring to it.

Not to mention NRC waving the flag on pass trains with
foreign motive power, the Gnomes in the back office
would have fits.! 

---- Tell


>V/Line Passenger has 22 Sprinters, 25 Ns, 4 As and 8 Ps. Why would
>they sell some of thier most modern locos and hang onto old two person
>locomtives? The Sprinters and the Ns are Driver Only; the As and the
>Ps are not. 

>The N class would have to be accredited for operation in NSW  and lots
>of crews would have to be trained in their operation. NR class are
>already accredioted for all states and all NRC crews are qualified for
>them.

>GSR gained ownership of many power vans in the purchase of AN Pass.
>The hook and pull contract runs for five years. 

>CountryLinks powervans seem to be in reasonable condition. Perhaps an
>A class on the Griffith/Broken Hill service would work But any unique
>loco in a roster would have inbuilt inefficiencies.

>Why would VLP sell their most efficient locos?
>Why would NRC buy more locos to replace locos that they already own?
>Why would GSR want to renegotiate a contract to put less power at the
>head of their trains?


>Cheers

>Krel
>" Am I a railfan, a train enthusiast, a gunzel or just an eccentric crank ???
>Or all of the above ????????