Pacific National

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Pacific National is one of Australia's largest rail freight businesses.

History

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NR16 hauling The Overland at North Shore, November 2008

In February 2002, National Rail's freight operations and rollingstock, jointly owned by the Federal, New South Wales and Victorian Governments, were combined with FreightCorp, owned by the New South Wales Government,[1] and sold to a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings, trading as Pacific National.[2]

In February 2004, Pacific National purchased Australian Transport Network, operator of ATN Access and AN Tasrail.[3][4] In August 2004, Pacific National purchased Freight Australia, giving Pacific National control of the Victorian non-urban rail track, excluding the interstate network which is controlled by the Australian Rail Track Corporation.[5]

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Pacific National train departing from Bathurst, February 2009

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission attached special conditions to the sale to ensure competition in the rail freight industry.[6] The company was required to provide a "starter pack" of locomotives, wagons, train paths, and freight terminals for a third party rail operator on the east-west route across the Nullarbor Plain. To fulfil that, Pacific National sold nine refurbished G class locomotives to competitor SCT Logistics to allow it to operate its own services.[7]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In March 2005, Pacific National Queensland became the first non-Queensland Rail narrow gauge commercial rail operation in Queensland, with the commencement of container services between Brisbane and Cairns.[8][9]

In November 2006, Pacific National entered into an agreement to sell the remainder of its Victorian rail lease of the network back to the Victorian Government.[10] The sale was completed in May 2007, with the government-owned V/Line taking over management of the track.[11]

In 2005, Toll Holdings launched a successful hostile takeover of its joint venture partner Patrick Corporation, giving Toll Holdings 100% ownership of Pacific National.[12] In 2007, Toll Holdings was restructured into two separately ASX listed companies: Toll Holdings and Asciano Limited. As part of this restructure, Pacific National became a wholly owned subsidiary of Asciano Limited.[13]

In 2009, Pacific National Queensland further expanded its narrow gauge operations, entering the export coal market, then dominated by incumbent Queensland Rail.[14]

In 2016, Asciano agreed to sell Pacific National to Australian Logistics Acquisition Investments Pty Ltd, a consortium of Global Infrastructure Partners, CPP Investment Board, China Investment Corporation, GIC Private Limited and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.[15] The transfer was completed on 19 August 2016.[16]

Controversy

Tasmania (2005)

In September 2005, Pacific National angered the Tasmanian State and Australian Federal Governments when it threatened to withdraw all services unless the governments paid a $100 million subsidy.[17] Initially the governments refused to act on the issue claiming they would not be "held to mercy" by Pacific National, owned by Toll and Patrick Corporation, "which are extremely profitable multi-national companies". However, state infrastructure minister Bryan Green and federal counterpart transport minister Warren Truss announced a $120 million rescue package.[18]

In May 2007, the Tasmanian Government, the Federal Government and Pacific National came to an agreement regarding the funding, ownership and operation of the Tasmanian railway network; with the Tasmanian Government acquiring the railway infrastructure previously leased to Pacific National, who would continue to provide above rail services on the network.[19] In September 2009, the Tasmanian Government purchased the Tasmanian rail business, with rail infrastructure and railway operations to be maintained, managed and owned by a new TasRail.[20]

Rural & Bulk (2007)

In December 2007, Pacific National announced plans to sell or close its grain transport and Portlink rural container business operations in Victoria, selling or closing Patrick's intermodal freight business in Tasmania, and downsizing to a bare minimum Pacific National's grain operations across New South Wales.[21] The decision was criticised as it forced grain growers to use higher cost road transport to transport the annual grain harvest from rural silos to the ports.[22] The decision has seen many commentators accuse Pacific National of acquiring the operations of Freight Australia in 2004 only for the purposes of asset stripping and eliminating competition in rail freight.[23]

In 2008, the company declined to sell wagons which had reached the end of their useful life to other Australian rail operators, indicating that the wagons would be scrapped or exported to Saudi Arabia.[24]

The container freight service to Horsham, Victoria was almost cancelled in April 2008 but was given a three-month reprieve by the company.[25][26] In July 2008, the service was taken over by QR National and later Qube.[27]

Operations

Pacific National operates in all mainland states and territories. As of June 2012, the company operates 596 locomotives and 12,875 wagons.[28][29] Services include bulk freight (coal, grain, steel, ore), intermodal containers (domestic and import-export), and specialised services such as 'hook and pull' for long-distance passenger trains.

The Pacific National steel contract was renewed with BlueScope and OneSteel in 2006 for $1bn, making it the largest ever freight rail contract in Australia. The deal involves haulage of about 3 million tonnes of steel over seven years.[30] Pacific National has intermodal freight facilities at the Brisbane Freight Terminal in Queensland, the Melbourne Freight Terminal in Victoria, the Sydney Freight Terminal in New South Wales, the Adelaide Freight Terminal in South Australia and the Kewdale Freight Terminal in Western Australia.

Current locomotive fleet

Class Image Type Gauge Top speed
(km/h) 		Built Number Notes
Rural and Bulk Division
82 8230 at Kiama Diesel-electric Standard 115 1994-1995 54 Ex FreightCorp.
48 Pacific National 48 Class Diesel-electric Standard 115 1959–1970 48 Ex FreightCorp. 16 In service
80 8013 at Port Kembla Downer EDi Diesel-electric Standard 115 1979-1983 22 13 stored, 5 scrapped, 4 operational
81 File:Pacific National 81 class locos (8169 and 8137) at the Temora Sub Terminal.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 1982-1991 83 Ex FreightCorp 83 in service 8108, 8117 & 8121 allocated to Intermodal
BL File:Freight train on Stony Point railway line, Melbourne.jpg Diesel-electric Standard, Broad 115 1983-1984 10 Ex National Rail Corporation. 9 in service. 1 stored
G File:SSR Grain Crosses PN Mildura Fruit.jpg Diesel-electric Broad, Standard 115 1985-1989 20 Ex National Rail Corporation and Freight Australia. 9 sold to SCT Logistics in 2007. G526, G530, G537, G538 & G542 allocated to intermodal
830 Diesel-electric Standard 115 1959-1970 2 Ex AN Tasrail.
PL File:PL6 Pelton.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 1999-2001 7 Ex FreightCorp, PL2-PL7 scrapped, PL1 in service port Augusta shunter
T File:Restored victorian railways train.jpg Diesel-electric Broad, Standard 100 1964-1968 12 Ex Freight Australia, 1 in service, 3 sold, 4 scrapped & 4 stored
X File:X41 Stabled at Seymour.JPG Diesel-electric Broad, Standard 115 1966-1976 6 Ex Freight Australia. 4 stored.
XR File:Loco-xr558-xr552-nog.jpg Diesel-electric Broad, Standard 115 2002-2006 9 6 ex Freight Australia, 3 built in-house.
Y File:El-zorro-y145-loco.jpg Diesel-electric Broad, Standard 65 1963-1968 11 Ex Freight Australia. All on-sold except for Y124
RT File:RT class.jpg Diesel mechanical Broad, Standard 15 1957-1969 22 Ex Freight Australia. 4 stored.
Intermodal Division
94 Pacific National 94 Class Diesel-electric Standard 115 2024 – present 50 Fleet rejuvenation in intermodal/interstate operations, plus future Inland Rail. Will have the Evolution series engine. 'C44ESACi'
AN Pacific National AN Class Diesel-electric Standard 115 1992-1993 10 Ex National Rail Corporation. AN1, AN3 & AN8 in service
DL File:PN DL45 TwoWells Dec2007.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 1988-1990 14 Ex National Rail Corporation. All stored.
XRB File:Loco-xrb561.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 2005 3 Cabless units, all stored
NR File:Pacific National liveried NR16.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 1996-2021 117 Ex National Rail Corporation.
Coal Division
93 File:Pacific National 9307 at Taree.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 2012-2020 24
92 Pacific National 92 Class at East Maitland Diesel-electric Standard 115 2008-2009 15
LDP File:LDP005.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 2009-2010 9 Ex Downer EDi
TT File:TT110 at Metford.jpg Diesel-electric Standard 115 2009-2012 40
90 Pacific National 90 Class Diesel-electric Standard 80 1994-2005 35 Ex FreightCorp.
Pacific National Queensland
71 Electric Narrow 80 2009-2011 42
83 Diesel-electric Narrow 100 2008-2013 52 8347-8352 entered service in 2018 ex Downer EDi.
88 File:8Q66 - 8Q74 17-09-19.jpg Diesel-electric Narrow 100 2014 5
PN File:PN Class Loco PN002 at Downer EDI Maryborough (Qld)..jpg Diesel-electric Narrow 100 2005 13
PH Diesel-electric Narrow 100 2014 3

Former fleet

Class Image Type Gauge Top speed
(km/h) 		Built Number Notes
A Lyndhurst-cement-train-newport Diesel-electric Broad 115 1984 7 Ex Freight Australia. 6 Scrapped (71, 77, 79, 81, 83 and 85) and 1 (78) donated to SRHC
S File:Pacific National S Class Locomotive.JPG Diesel-electric Broad, Standard 115 1957 3 Ex Freight Australia. S301, S306 & S307 all on sold to heritage groups in 2023 and 2024
P File:P22 trailing T357.jpg Diesel-electric Broad 100 1985 5 Ex Freight Australia. P19, P21, P22 and P23 on sold. P20 donated to 707 Operations
D16 Diesel-electric Standard 35 1959-1964 12 Handed back to BlueScope
D35 Diesel-electric Standard 50 1975 1 Handed back to BlueScope.
PB Pacific National PB Class Hybrid Standard 80 2014- 7 Sold To watco
45 Diesel-electric Standard 115 1962 2 Ex Patrick Corporation. Both scrapped.
MKA Diesel-electric Narrow 80 1967-1972 3 Purchased from Malaysia. Used in Queensland 2004-2006. Transferred to Pacific National Tasmania. Sold to TasRail.
H File:Victorian Railways H Class H1.JPG Diesel-electric Broad and Standard 100 1968 5 Ex Freight Australia. 1 scrapped (H4). 1 stored (H1) and 3 sold to Ettamogah Rail Hub in 2015 (H2, H3 + H5) then H1 - H3 + H5 on solf to WATCO Aus Mid-2023.
L Diesel-electric Standard 137 1967-69, 1972-73 2 Ex ATN Access. Both scrapped.
V Diesel-electric Standard 115 2002 1 Ex Freight Australia. Sold to Aurizon 8/2022.

All Pacific National Tasmania locomotives were sold to TasRail in 2009.

References

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  1. ↑ "FreightCorp for sale with National Rail" Railway Digest October 2000 page 17
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  3. ↑ Acquirer: Pacific National Pty Ltd; Target: Australian Transport Network Ltd Template:Webarchive Australian Competition & Consumer Competition 30 March 2004
  4. ↑ Re: Pacific National - Australian Transport Network Ltd Template:Webarchive Toll Group 26 February 2004
  5. ↑ Victorian Government grants consent to Pacific National acquisition of Freight Australia Template:Webarchive Toll Group 16 August 2004
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  7. ↑ Toll boss bows to ACCC pressure Courier Mail 13 December 2005
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  10. ↑ Pacific National sells Victorian rail network to Government Template:Webarchive Toll Group 1 November 2006
  11. ↑ Minister for Public Transport: "Rail Buy Back Deal Complete" 7 May 2007 Template:Webarchive
  12. ↑ Game over: Toll takes Patrick Template:Webarchive Sydney Morning Herald 14 April 2006
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  18. ↑ Tas govt wins control of rail network Template:Webarchive The Age 12 December 2005
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  20. ↑ Rail Sale Agreement Finalised Template:Webarchive Asciano 7 September 2009
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  28. ↑ Pacific National Coal Template:Webarchive Asciano
  29. ↑ Pacific National Rail Template:Webarchive Asciano
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