Re: West Coast Rail looking for new locos?

["Reuben Farrelly" <reuben@mira.AA.net>]

Michael Walker <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote in message
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> >I know where they might be able to pick up four A class locos
> >relatively soon ;-).
> >
> I've heard that they were looking at totally brand new locos. Price
> allegedly quoted around $2m each. The Bs and Ss are apparently a little
> troublesome in their grand old age.
>
> 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,

They're probably not far away from having B61 being in service for 50 years.
That's a very long time for any piece of machinery to be still in use.

It'd be nice to see it go out of service no earlier than it's 50th
anniversary, but then again, is 2002 too much to expect for it to last?

Reuben