Re: National Rail Workings Gs & BLs

[Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au>]

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!

Cheers,
Craig.
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