Re: QR going national?

["John Boxall" <box@ozemail.com.au>]

Woohoo!
That may explain why they always said "QR" instead of "Qld. Rail" during the
video and show  presented at the ekka ...
Hopefully they could compete with the Brisbane-Sydney XPT ... use a set
similar to the "Queenslander" ...

John McCandless <johnmc@topend.com.au> wrote in message
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> Just when you thought things couldn't get more interesting....
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> With the new board installed, Queensland Rail is now (their own words)
> "taking a new direction", with an emphasis of becoming a national
operator,
> rather than a Qld only one.  From here on, Queensland Rail will referred
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> as "QR" (based on the theory that the "Queensland" in the name would be
> a hindrance to any national expansion.)
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> Personally, I can see their logic in doing this, but I can't see how this
> would change what I assume is the nation's percerption that we are a
> Queensland carrier only.
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> What WAS interesting was the propagan......err.... promotional video we
> watched, which said that QR was looking at a number of options, including
> running trains on other systems, and even buying other systems.
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> Hmmm.....when does NRC come up for sale?
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> It's all happening up here, folks...
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> John McCandless
> Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
> Cloncurry Qld Au
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