Shawn, I think the answer is an obvious yes. I recently returned from NSW having flown down and back. My travelling friend wished to go XPT (god knows why)...
Thanks everyone who helped shed light on why trains are still running from Ebenezer. I assume that the output is quite small so trains only run when they are...
Shane, "Train surfers" in Australia don't go walking along the top of the train. They hold on to the back (using the windscreen wipers etc to hold on) or ride...
... "In a household if you want a new car, then you sell your old car," she said last week. "It is not unusual, in an environment where we want to build and...
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So if the Qld Govt sells off the coal arm of QR or whatever that section is called, what other fat cash cows do they have to replace it with to prop up the...
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... Well, fresh from the ABC news... Anna Bligh has announced in parliament that the Port of Brisbane, Abbot Point Coal terminal and QRN Coal (above and below...
They will do exactly what they do now, subsidise with taxpayers money. Just for the record, the myth that QR coal's profits reduces the burdon on taxpayers...
And they'd off-loading the below rail and handing the rest over to ARTC (like they really wanted NG). Say good bye to the RTT/CTT faster timetables. Regards ...
... I wonder what she means by below rail? QRNA? Is the infrastructure going to be sold off also? PN could buy everything like they did in Victoria, run it...
... It sounds like it, she has apparently said in parliament that the sales will divest the government of on going upgrades and costs that the miners ought to...
... It's not a myth at all. The profits that QR Coal makes are additional government revenue that helps pay for all government services (including the subsidy...
Just to clarify. Its an investment the govt has in one partcular industry (coal trains) generating a dividen to consoludated reveneue. This could be coal...
...except that PN doesn't have a dollar to spare and is up for sale itself. At least by the government trying to sell now, they might get the attention of...
Shane, ARTC and Countrylink seem to get along well. The problem is the Cityrail side of things with the worms not getting a run over those all stations trams....
Shane, The big knobs at Rio cannot put the blame on themselves or their shareholders will turf them out for being incompetent. They have to blame somebody and...
...speaking of ARG, they are currently advertising for drivers to work the Mt Isa line. Must have been in the weekend papers, already on the wall at work. Ben...
That's funny! Either the drivers have put it on the dart board or management has put it up with a notice " you think you got it bad!!! " GMS In memory of ...
No one seems to ask where the $15B hole came from. From a State riding the crest of a coal boom to this. As far as I know the ships are still sitting off...
Wind the clock back 10 years or so and this could be NSW or Victoria. Both basket cases now and Victoria with what is today a country railway system with no...
Hi Ben, Very true. I don't think BHP will buy the rail as BHP is not really in the logistics business. Remember they sold their ownership in Barney Point coal...
Good point Garner. It think we will find out when the budget is handed down. From what I've heard its $2B in GST reciepts due to a reduction in spending. I...
Yep there was the Power Line delay on the hill which was no biggy, and the line was closed at Christmas Creek last Sunday (24/05) morning for about 7 hours due...
Ben, Why not? Well my thoughts are that after 4 years you should know where you are and what you need to be doing without seeking a landmark to tell you. And...
So far, what is the take-up of offers from ARG within QR on the Mt Isa line. I'm actually hoping they will be recruiting for trainee drivers soon, as i'm...
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