Re: West Coast Rail looking for new locos?

[Notagunzel <notagunzel@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. 

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