Re: Sale - Hillside - number plate of RTL1

[Dimitri Souprounovich <dima@alphalink.com.au>]

Yuri J Sos wrote:
> >IIRC there was an intention to buy 3 of the critters, it was part of Marinus
> >ideas on more a efficient railway, if the RTL broke down you just took it
> >down to the nearest garage. |-)
> 
> That explains the number plate -- it was RTL.1 -- I'm told it's now
> MVO-RTL

It is. On page 1 of this weeks Weekly Times, you can see its green
Victorian number plate with white lettering - "MVORTL Victoria - On the
Move". Reading Rod's post, maybe the MVO stands for Marinus Van
Onselen.  i.e. MVORTL Marinus Van Onselen Road Transferable Locomotive. 
Sounds like something Jeff Kennett would do.
Andrei(using Dimitri's isp) 
Rod wrote:
>Marinus did a working trip to the Americas when he first took over the
>reigns, and came back with Video of this vehicle. He told the fellows at
>Dynon about it at one of his popular visits to our meal room [long time
>since the boss bothered to come and talk to us] and when we showed interest,
>had a video made and sent it to the Union so we could see what he was on
>about. Now Marinus, was a Trucker, and prior to setting up National Rail,
>and getting V/Line a way towards standing proud again, he had some heavy
>credits in Road Transport! So we were all a bit dubious about this Western
>Star thingo. But all credit to the man, we mostly waited and watched, and
>learnt to respect him.