1991 – Nov – Oldfield – Freight Strategies for Queensland Rail

M. Oldfield Manager Planning & Research Freight Group Queensland Railways In July 1991, the old Railways Act was abolished and a new act, the Transport Infrastructure  (Railways) Act of 1991 was endorsed, heralding the beginning of a new commercial Queensland Rail. In order to meet the commercial charter embodied in this Act, the organisation is structured around three fully accountable business units (Freight, Coal and Minerals, Passengers) and three support groups (Corporate Services, Human Resource, Financial). Each business unit has been given control of its own resources and will now be held bottom line accountable. These resources include wagons, locomotives, track sections, terminals, yards and people.