Re: GEs for Victoria?

[gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com.au]

On Mon, 01 Mar 1999 23:53:17 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
Bromage) wrote:

>David & Jan Winter (winterd@icenet.com.au) wrote:
>> >David i dont think that NR will be too happy about FV overhauling
>> >thier loco's at Spotswood since the plant is OWNED by National Rail!!!
>> >Paul Johnston.
>
>> On the other hand, if there's money to be made in the "brave new world"!!
>
>Exactly my point. Economies of scale could also reduce costs for NR if
>similar/identical locos were maintained there.
>
>That's one reason Queensland Rail leased ELs for the GSPE/Queenslander to
>Sydney, they are mechanically very similar to the 2800. Cheaper to
>maintain as very little additional training is required, and there would
>be some common spare parts.
>
>Cheers
>David
Trouble is David i think you will find that Spotswood is working at
full capacity repairing slipped pinions and doing pinion retrofit mark
5 !!!
Paul Johnston