Re: Freight Victoria

["Graeme" <gvrail@thatsent.com.au>]

That is great feedback thanks.  At first glance in these very early days the
benefits of having private operators appears to be working.  Here in WA
sadly privatisation looks like it's not going to get off the ground.  Rail
served grain bins are now having grain trucked out as the state of the track
through years of neglect has finally collapsed.  When you talk to the
pollies they say but the traffic task is going up and the railways making a
profit so everything is fine.  The grain haul is also increasing but if the
industry slowly lets the feeder network slowly wither it will be a repeat of
Australian National and South Australia all over again.

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Graeme Vellacott
PO Box 322
CANNINGTON 6987
AUSTRALIA
Email:   gvrail@thatsent.com.au
Ph/Fax: +61 8 9451 5630
Lineman <grime@dcsi.net.au> wrote in message 38235fea@nap-ns1">news:38235fea@nap-ns1...
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> Graeme <gvrail@thatsent.com.au> wrote in message
> 3822cc4f$0$21324@motown.iinet.net.au">news:3822cc4f$0$21324@motown.iinet.net.au...
> > Being only a new subscriber to this newsgroup, is anyone aware of what
the
> > early days at Freight Victoria are like in terms of seriously gaining
new
> > business and altering services to gain new business.
> >
> > Any feedback would be welcome!!!
> >
> > --
> > Graeme Vellacott
> > PO Box 322
> > CANNINGTON 6987
> > AUSTRALIA
> > Email:   gvrail@thatsent.com.au
> > Ph/Fax: +61 8 9451 5630
> >
> > Well it had been thought that RTL1 had no future and was abit of a dud
but
> now its working between Sale and Hillside hauling logs over the weakened
> Avon river bridge at Stratford.
> There are also persistent rumours that FV is looking to Leongatha (Murray
> Goulburn UHT factory largest in southern hemisphere), Koala siding sand
> traffic,and who knows what.
> Locomotive usage in the east has seen X,H,P&T lash ups of late and
> incidental reports from retired railway people along the line have
commented
> that there appears to be more freight traffic on the line.
> The down side is that it would seem NarNarGoon and Trafalgar are buggered
> for crossing,runarounds,and or terminates now.
> Engineering staff have been noted in Warragul yard this last week with
tape
> measures out,measuring tracks at the up end of the yard and writing
copious
> notes on clip boards..What this means ,no idea,perhaps a loop for the log
> loading is being investigated to speed up shunting and clearing loaded
> wagons.
> So I would suggest that on the whole  this end of the hub is looking a bit
> rosy.
> Lineman
>
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