Re: West Coast Rail looking for new locos?

["Rod" <berlina@bigpond.com>]

Notagunzel wrote in message <3779EE08.196BED9@bigfoot.com>...
>Michael Walker wrote:
>
>> If this is true, I guess that now the operation has 'started up', there
>> might be a bit more capital available for loco replacement although the
Bs
>> and Ss would appear to have served them well. Although thinking about it,
>> there seems to have been a fair bit spent on refurbishment between going
>> over all the carriages and a certain R class.
>
>Speaking at the ARHS this month, the Railroad Barron stated that about
>$900,000 was spent on the R, and a further $25,000 on the retyring.
>
Money well spent, wish they would run it Nth [east] one day
Rod ;o{