Re: Freight Victoria Starts Today 1/5/99 but what of MPI???

[Alan <Jherek@bigpond.com>]

I thought MPI were doing the Maintenance?

TM wrote:

> On Sun, 02 May 1999 03:48:11 GMT, steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J
> Sos/Melbourne AUS) wrote:
>
> >"Throughout the eighteen month acquisition process for V/Line, we have
> >been able to identify a number of new business opportunities as well
> >as areas of cost reduction which we believe should result in a greatly
> >improved operation. We have also successfully negotiated contracts to
> >outsource the maintenance of equipment and maintenance of way with two
> >of the world's most prestigious engineering contractors.
> >(http://www.railamerica.com/0499fvcl.html)
> >
> >They haven't named who the contractors are, but would you call
> >Goninans one of the "world's most prestigious engineering
> >contractors"? (not meaning any disrespect to Goninans, but are they
> >major players on a world scene?)
>
> Goninans announced today (3/5) that they have a 10 year maintenance
> contract with Freight Victoria.