Re: How many NR locos are now written of?

[Eben Levy <tkid@ozemail.com.au>]

As much as I love the C's, as I have said before, they can scrap them now as I have alteast one shot of
each of them :-} *runs and hides from all*

Jim Celt wrote:

> Yes the C class and some DL`s are in storage at Islington workshops
>
> On Sun, 01 Nov 1998 13:16:44 GMT, Graham D Baker
> <bakerss@ozdocs.net.au> wrote:
>
> >NRC only received :
> >
> >13 x 81's
> >7 x  G's
> >10 x BL's
> >9 x AN's
> >15 x DL's
> >10 x C's
> >
> >The 81's are now used for yard shunters Australia wide.
> >The G's are still under dispute with the Vic Govt ?
> >The C's are in storage again I think ?
> >
> >The new NR's were purchased to bring the overall cost of running a train down to an acceptable level.
> >
> >How many trucking companies have trucks over ten years old on their books for interstate haulage?
> >
> >Not many I can tell you.
> >
> >The NR's have made a hugh impact on on-time reliability, and the overall cost of fuel to the company.
> >
> >If you can't get your trains to the destination on time, no matter what the price or how low it is
> >you are going to lose customers. The NR's have brought the on-time delivery into the terminals up to
> >95%.
> >
> >This is a far cry from having only 40 - 50 % getting there on time, with those old pieces of shit
> >that kept falling over every time you looked at them.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Graham D Baker,
> >NRC Driver Sydney.
> >
> >
> >Maurie Daly wrote:
> >
> >> There not , but the 80s and the Cs were never intended to be transferred to
> >> NRC, and never were .
> >> NRC ended up buying the Vline Cs for a song , around $100 K each.
> >> NRC however did receive from the 3 shareholders the following locomotives
> >> ANX10
> >> DLX15
> >> BLX10
> >> ELX 14 (these were refused)
> >> 81X at least 20 possibly 26
> >> G X 10
> >> ie NRC could have received up to 84 modern locomotives if they had wanted them
> >> all.
> >> Now admittedly some of these locos have been badly damaged in accidents , and
> >> no attempt has been made to fix any of them.
> >>
> >> By my reckoning this gives NRC a potential fleet of at least 194 modern
> >> locomotives , all to move a miniscule annual tonnage of 10 million tonnes ,
> >> the lowest of any Govt Railway system.
> >> There is no doubt that NRC did need to buy new locos , but not 120 of them .
> >> If one beleives NRCs own annual report they run 300 trains per week , and to
> >> achieve an annual total tonnage of 10 million tonnes , this amounts to 192300
> >> tonnes per week , which in 300 trains averages around 641 tonnes per train.
> >> Obviously some trains will carry more , some less , but its pretty obvious
> >> that a loco fleet of 194 locos is not needed to move 300 trains per week.
> >> This amounts to 1.5 trips per week per loco.
> >> Now either NRC are carrying lots of air , or all of their trains are running
> >> between between Sydney and Perth, as this is the only scenerio that would come
> >> even close .
> >> In reality what is happening is that NRC are running all of their trains with
> >> very high HP/tonne figures, ie lots of locos on every train .
> >> This really doesnt achieve very much though , apart from increasing the trains
> >> running costs.
> >> I suspect that NRC are in the same bind as the SRA , ie they have to pay a
> >> minimum monthly lease payment on every new loco, irrespective of how much they
> >> are used, so you may as well use them all.
> >> It does nothing for your profitability though.
> >>
> >> MD
> >
> >
> >



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Bye for now,

Eben

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