El Zorro (railway)
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| Industry | Rail transport |
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| Founded | 1999 |
| Defunct | 4 June 2013 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
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Area served
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New South Wales Victoria |
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Key people
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Ray Evans (Managing Director) |
| Revenue | approx. $100M p.a. at peak |
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Number of employees
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approx. 180 at peak |
| Website | www.elzorro.com.au |
El Zorro (legal name El Zorro Transport Pty Ltd) was an Australian railway operator hauling freight and intrastructure trains in Victoria and New South Wales that ceased trading on 4 June 2013. It was a private company founded in 1999 by Ray Evans who has a taste for things Spanish, El Zorro being Spanish for the fox. At the time of liquidation, the company had two shareholders: director Ray Evans, and ex-director Lisa Trezise. Geoff Tighe, a co-founder and past shareholder and director, was formerly chief executive of Great Northern Rail Services, a now defunct operator which provided locomotives and crews to other operators in Victoria until November 2002.
In 2004 the company won a contract from QR National subsidiary Interail, to provide crews for their Brisbane to Melbourne rail service on the southern leg from Junee to Melbourne. Today the company is an accredited rail operator in Victoria and New South Wales operating freight and infrastructure trains.
In December 2006 El Zorro commenced operating a contract for P&O Trans Australia to operate container trains between Melbourne's Swanson Dock and an intermodal container terminal at Somerton.
In August 2007 El Zorro was awarded a contract by AWB Limited to operate two grain trains, one standard gauge, one broad gauge in Victoria and New South Wales.
In December 2007 when Pacific National announced that it was scaling back its Victorian operations, El Zorro who were the only other grain operator, admitted that the logistics of moving an entire Victorian wheat harvest were beyond its capabilities at the time, its fleet comprissing of only two T class locomotives and 80 wagons. The first El Zorro grain train was operated on the standard gauge on 11 December 2007, and the first broad gauge grain train on 18 January 2008.
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