Re: Does NR know about this?

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

David Proctor (daproc.spambait@umpires.com) wrote:
> EWS in England is close to making a profit - a huge turnaround since
> Wisconsin bought the three British Rail companies - and Ed Burkhardt reckons
> that after the 280 new locos he has on order are in operation, and the old
> ones are gone, and with the projected increase in traffic, they WILL be
> making a profit in 2-3 years. All of this was done with one-man crews.

Tasrail started to turn a profit after only 7 months without much
investment. Given time to consolidate the business, I think you'll see a
joint order for new locos for both Tasmania and NZ.

Cheers
David