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bingley hall
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:47 pm
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QRNational have set a start up date of 13 November for their East West intermodal service.
Potential and existing customers have been invited to a briefing in Melbourne this evening.
QRN have accquired approx 150 container flats from PN as part of Toll's ACCC undertaking.
They are also launching GO RailTMwhatever the hell that is?
Bing
Life is just a bowl of All Bran...you wake up every morning and it's there
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42101
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:59 pm
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Bing thanks for this infomation. 
Looks like something else for us to keep a eye on instead of just boring NR;s.
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mjja
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:06 pm
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I guess the motive power will be ex-ARG mainline locos? There isn't much choice I guess.
Hopefully Linfox-FCL are first in line for this briefing.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
President, Smart Passengers Inc
(My opinions are my own unless specifically stated.)
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Mike_in_the_west
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:55 pm
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Probably Q's. Even RL's as I do believe they have inline fueling.
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bingley hall
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:15 pm
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| Mike_in_the_west wrote: | | Probably Q's. Even RL's as I do believe they have inline fueling. |
I wouldn't have thought there were any spare Qs lying around and the RLs have yet to be accepted into regular traffic.
Bing
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rocket66
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:22 am
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| Mike_in_the_west wrote: | | Probably Q's. Even RL's as I do believe they have inline fueling. |
Won't be Q's Mike, it will be 6 EL's, 2 G's and an X class.
GoRail is all about going green and trying to get that message across to potential customers of the benefits of going on rail instead of road.
I think there is a website called
www.gorail.com.au
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bingley hall
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:48 am
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The service will operate three days per week - Tue, Thu and Fri ex
Melbourne departing at 1700 with a midday departure out of Adelaide roughly in the path of the old AP4.
Bing
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Mike_in_the_west
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:54 pm
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Thanks Rocket! Interesting website too! Just need Canberra to have a good read of it and we're in business.
Bing, have you got any idea what time it will arrive in Perth?
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jd4980
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:27 am
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Bing, have you got any idea what time it will arrive in Perth? |
Going on their north/south workings, anytime on the right day will be close enough.
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rocket66
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:39 pm
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Arrival times in Forrestfield are tabled as 0830 friday mornings , 0140 Sunday mornings and 0930 Monday mornings.
Departure times are 1640 Saturdays , 1600 Mondays and 1700 Tuesdays
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EL60
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:12 pm
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Won't be Q's Mike, it will be 6 EL's, 2 G's and an X class. |
correct the EL numbers currently on hire to QRN are
EL51,EL52,EL54,EL57,EL58,EL63 or maybe EL55 is in South Aus at the moment. G516 is at Chullora soon to be in QRN livery,G534,X53 and X54 or ex ARG locos as motive power when the RL's are commissioned to enter service i really want them to see these locos running this NEW East-West service
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tank78
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:19 pm
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| EL60 wrote: | | rocket66 wrote: |
Won't be Q's Mike, it will be 6 EL's, 2 G's and an X class. |
correct the EL numbers currently on hire to QRN are
EL51,EL52,EL54,EL57,EL58,EL63 or maybe EL55 is in South Aus at the moment. G516 is at Chullora soon to be in QRN livery,G534,X53 and X54 or ex ARG locos as motive power when the RL's are commissioned to enter service i really want them to see these locos running this NEW East-West service |
EL's on hire to QR are as follows:
EL51, EL55, EL56, EL57, EL58, EL60, EL63.
EL52 is in component change out at Port Kembla.
EL54 is on hire to Patricks in NSW.
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LowndesJ515
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:37 am
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No wonder they advertised for jobs in Melbourne and Dimboola for Drivers and Trainees a while back.
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8888
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:30 am
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Hopefully QRN can win new traffic to rail and not merely rely on pinching container business from Pacific National.
Maybe this could be a chance to capture piggyback / TOFC business back to the east - west corridor, once a fairly substantial freight component. FreightLink cart Shell road tankers on their trains to Darwin, a move which makes sense with rising fuel prices and the difficulty in hiring long distance truck drivers.
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Kafoopsy
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:53 am
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Is EL55 still in AN livery?
I've always wondered why they don't just drive trucks onto trains and then drive them off at the other end. Saves loading and unloading containers and saves the cost of fuel and drivers. Height limits might be an issue, but it would be fine on Perth-Adelaide and Darwin-Adelaide trains.
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