Re: To :Great Southern Rail Management.

[Neil Waller <nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au>]

Chris Drymalik wrote:
> 
> In article <35087732.1FA85167@denr.sa.gov.au>, nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au says...
> >
> >
> >A number of DL class have been moved to the Islington Workshops where
> >they join the AN EL class.   Whether they are there to be painted by
> >Clyde in NR colours or are in storage I don't know.
> >
> Last thing I heard was that they are owned by NR and have been sent for
> painting. The lastest issue of catchpoint mentions that all ex AN units now
> owned by NR are to be repainted. I Guess national rail want all the locos to
> look good for the new buyer! (ie. are waisting money again doing something the
> new buyer probabily doesn't care about).


I have seen DL class in traffic with NR recently but this was an NR
painted loco.

The one's at islington are all green and gold.

"Catchpoint" also mentions DL's on the private operator trains west of
Adelaide.   Perhaps they are surplus to NR requirements.   After all
NR shunt GSR's Keswick terminal with NR class and there are always at
least
2 NR at Keswick.

Is this a case of a "dog in the manger" approach by NR - the EL class
is in storage because NR said it wanted them then didn't take them so
they were not included in the sale to ASR.   Is history repeating itself
with the DL's????

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