Re: QR going national?

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Rob Kearey <r.kearey@mailbox.uq.edu.au> wrote in message
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> WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote:
>
> > Peter Dwyer <peter.dwyer@qr.com.au> wrote in message
>
> > > Wrong. Other railway companies are permitted to operate in Queensland.
>
> > Only when it suits QR.
>
> So what? It's their railway.

Ok - if they buy NR, then from the border to Albury is NSW's railway. I was
merely commenting on them wanting to compete nationally on OTHER railways,
but not allowing it on their own.

> > > NRC, and the Airport Rail Link mob instantly come to mind.
>
> > None of that is in competition to QR.
>
> ... at the moment.
>
> > >  Are you getting confused because of the gauge difference?
>
> > >  I do not believe that you know what you are talking about. Would you
care
> > > to disclose actual proof or will you continue to crap on?
>
> > I am quite sure that if I wished to purchase some narrow gauge locos,
plus
> > rolling stock, employ some qualified drivers, and wished to run coal
trains
> > in competition to QR, I would not be able to do so.
>
> So? Once again, it's QR's track. They own it, and run it effectively.

So we can apply the same principle when they try and move in elsewhere?

DaveP