Re: Booked out Melb XPTs

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <7mh4r5$7rr$1@nnrp1.deja.com> jumbojim@my-deja.com writes:
>From: jumbojim@my-deja.com
>Subject: Re: Booked out Melb XPTs
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 04:48:40 GMT

>Your cost estimates are a tad shy.

>Fuel, 2000 litres @ 60c /litre (they pay excise) $2400 Crew 2 x drivers
>+ 1.5 x PSS + 1.5 x SPA + 3 x PA (No fitters) @ $40 ph (includes super
>etc + mileage,weekends & nights) 1 x 8 hr shift ea = $2560

>Capital cost (1990) PCs $4m ea TCs av $2m ea = $9,000 per day. You
>cannot make 2 trips per day with a single train consistently. It is
>physically possible with no other diagrams to make 4 trips in three days
>so that works out to be 1.3 trips per day or a capital cost of $6750 per
>trip.


Thanks for the updated info.
Whilst excise is currently paid under the new fuel excise regime it wont be,ie 
fuel for rail will be exempt.
Im also a bit amazed that an XP power car costs $4m given that its  basically 
nothing more than a 2000 HP diesel loco.
You can buy a brand new NR for only $3.5m .
What is it in the XP power car thats so expensive?
On the track access charging regime , I suspect that your estimates are 
correct , which brings up the interesting issue of what charge would be levied 
against a 3000 tonne freight , if we charge a 450 tonne pass train $7000 + .
If the charging regime is linear based on GTK then you would be looking at 
around $50000K for a freight.
Clearly this simply cant work ,so either the freights are being undercharged or
the pass is being grossly overcharged.

MD