Re: 86 class withdrawal

["Peter Pilbeam" <p523304@ozemail.com.au>]

David Bromage wrote in message <6jc0e2$ku4$1@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
>David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au) wrote:
>>I've sent a summary of the points raised here to letters@smh.com.au
>
>Robert Wainwright, the SMH transport reporter, wrote back. He said the
>points I raised checked out, except that RAC insists they are actually
>lowering access charges. FreightCorp admits there is a review but does
>not deny they will abandon electric locos.
The figure that is begin rumored for the access of electric locos, $10
million, regardless of the amount of trains run with electric engines. This
is an additional charge on top of the regular access fee to run a train on
Rail Access Corp tracks.
Regards
Peter