Re: Freight is booming

[Eben Levy <ebenlevy@klever.net.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> In article <6evav8$m02$3@gruvel.une.edu.au> dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) writes:
> >From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
> >Subject: Freight is booming
> >Date: 21 Mar 1998 03:08:24 GMT
>
> [SNIP].
>
> Well for a start , there are 14 ELs sitting In Adelaide doing nothing, (13
> operational).
> Westrail is shortly going to offer all its remaining operational
> L class to whoever wants them, I beleive all bar two are still operational.
> Freightcorp have an excess of 81 & 82 class which no doubt they would lease to
> whoever wanted them if sufficient was offered, after all they leased a heap of
> 82s to NR for years.
> There are 20 422s sitting around acting as shunters.
> In short there are heaps of locos available for any new trains in the near
> future.
> Freight will be booming when we see an additional 20 to 30 trains a day
> between Melb - Sydney - Brisbane, as this will be required to get rail up to
> at least half of what the Road freight industry carries.
>
> cheers
> MD

It is not the availability that is the problem, it is reliability. How many 422's where failing
in NR service?

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Eben.