Re: National Rail Workings Gs & BLs

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

Craig Haber (albatross@harnessnet.com.au) wrote:
>Rod Young wrote:
>> Container Service can lose 5 G's very quickly, indeed!   When I ask the
>> question who owns the remaining G's? working for NR, I am told by NR crews,
>> that all G and 81 Class engines in the Melbourne / Sydney pool, now
>> belong to NR. Some senior sources in V/Line say that they are long term
>> lease and will eventualy return to their
>> original owners?
>
>The question here may be "who in fact owns the things??"  If they're
>still owned by the overseas companies under the sell/lease-back
>arrangement, then they _can't_ be sold to NR, coz you can't sell
>something you don't own!

The Gs have always been leased to NR. Many were on long term lease with
others on short term lease as traffic demanded.

Cheers
David