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On Friday 2/12/2016, 4578s is seen leaving the closed & soon to be demolished Port Augusta (Northern) power station with B61-S317-GM27-GM10-S302 in charge. This was the second of the two movements with SSR hauling ex Leigh Creek coal wagons to NSW.
Having seen a variety of locomotives arrive & depart this location over a period of 50 plus years ranging from the GM class to the more recent 82 class & V544, this was the first ever visit of a B class diesel locomotive.
The line up of Streamliners 2016 locomotives around the Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre on Sunday 2-10-16 made up of locos from New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
Another view of the Port Augusta to Lithgow transfer of 90 redundant coal hoppers on 28 October 2016, behind vintage Clyde/EMD units S317/GM27/GM10/S302, seen climbing away from Mambray Creek.
The hoppers are likely to see further, as yet unspecified, use in New South Wales.
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T386, T381 and S317 power towards Murchison East with 9383 empty SSR grain train.
Tuesday 12th December 2017
Mercedes-Benz 300 SD in Bonn, Germany.
A diesel-powered S-class, the 300 SD, was sold exclusively on US and Canadian markets to gain a more favourable Corporate average fuel economy.
Mercedes-Benz 300 SD [W 116 D 30 A] (1978-1980)
3.005 Litre 5-cylinder Diesel engine
82 kW at 4200 rpm
Vmax: 165 km/h
Kerb weight: 1745 kg
An empty El Zorro grain train heading to Oaklands passes the silos at Rennie in Southern New South Wales with S300,TL152,S312 on 14-10-11
Curving past the Barnes lower quadrant distant signal is S313,B76,T395 on the P&O trans Australia rice train from Deniliquin on 14-10-11
Powering away from Carwarp through the Mallee on sunrise, S301 leads fellow EMD units T395 and S313 South to Melbourne as 8198 from Mildura
Monday 2nd November 2009
Lincoln Boulevard - Manchester Avenue corner
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After the passengers got off at Lake Modewarre to plant trees around the lake, S302,B76 headed to Winchelsea as empty cars to run around and return later with a few photos on the way. Not far from Winchelsea, the train approaches the Princes highway overpass
Seymour Rail Heritage Centre's S303, P22 & T357 are seen leading train 6L63 from Sydney to Melbourne, near Gowanbrae. The train was operating for the 60th anniversary of the Southern Aurora passenger train, which ran between the two cities.
Sunday 24th April, 2022
220424 6L63 S303-P22-T357 Gowanbrae, VIC
More cars in the field where the old school buses were found. Someone seems to dump every car he doesn't drive anymore here. I see on street view this Mercedes has been here since at least 2014. But wasn't here in 2008.
Steamrail Victoria’s S301 & S313 are seen pulling into Newport Station, ahead of a long journey to Wycheproof for the Steamrail Members Christmas train.
Saturday 14th December, 2025
241214 S301-S313 Newport, VIC
Paired up in back to back bulldog style, GM27 and S317 charge into Menangle with 2478 SSR wagon transfer from Braemar to Broadmeadow to be attached to a Centennial Coal rake
Thursday 11th April 2013
Cruising away from Echuca in Victoria, B74, S313 and X31 crawl towards Moama in New South Wales with 9071 bound for Deniliquin as they cross the Murray River, the border between Victoria and New South Wales.
Saturday 19th January 2013
It's 1728hrs on 17 April 2018 at Wedderburn Jct, Victoria, half an hour before sunset, as Southern Shorthaul Railroads' broad gauge S317/S302 pass through with #9198 loaded grain from Sea Lake to Kensington (Melbourne).
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Basking in the early morning sun near Nowingi, S301, T395 and S313 cruise along towards Melbourne as 8198 from Mildura
Monday 2nd November 2009
S313 and G515 make their way North away from Nagambie as a late running 9371 container train to Deniliquin in Southern NSW.
Thursday 13th April 2017
S312 running as 8D02, pass through Lawson station and Lawson's iconic hotel as it heads westbound towards Blayney.
Lawson, NSW.
Tuesday 11 November 2014.
V/Line S311 still in its Victorian Railways classic blue and yellow works the 0640hrs No.8038 Up Swan Hill to Melbourne passenger working, seen near Kyneton @ 0955hrs on Tuesday 8 April 1984.
EMD-powered S311 was built by Clyde Engineering for the Victorian Railways in 1960. It remains in service with private operator Southern Shorthaul Railroad though as of Feb 2025 sees little regular use.
A Bob Grant image shared with permission - 20528E.
Sun still rising and the cold air disapating, CLF4 leads S311, S303, GM27 and CLP12 through Old Junee with Southern Shorthaul Railroads 5CM6 loaded Emerald grain from Coolamon to Appleton Dock in Victoria.
X31 guides T356, S303 and T386 away from Tocumwal across the Murray River bridge from NSW into Victoria as 9374 to Vic Dock.
Saturday 25th February 2017
Goodwin-Alco model DL500B "World Series" 4486 is flanked by locos built by the competition, Clyde GM model A7 (later A16C) S300 and GM27.
S300 is the classleader of the Victorian S class and was built in 1957, the other two are young'uns, built 10 years later in 1967!
Southern Shorthaul Railroad's broad gauge S class units S302/S317 head empty grain #9197 between Culgoa and Berriwillock in country Victoria towards their destination at Sea Lake on 17 April 2018.
EMD-powered S302 is 61 years old this year, having been built by Clyde Engineering for the Victorian Railway in 1957.
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A year ago today on 17 April 2018, Southern Shorthaul Railroads' broad gauge former Victorian Railway S class locos S317/S302 approach Hamiltons Lane near Loddon in Victoria with #9198 loaded grain from Sea Lake to Kensington (Melbourne).
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Having just returned from Melbourne with the 'Southern Aurora 60th Anniversary' Special, T357 ^ S303 prepare to run around their empty cars at Central for their return run to Thirlmere.
With a combined age of 118 years former Victorian Railway broad gauge S class units S302/S317 head their Sea Lake bound empty grain train under the mainline outloader at Nullawil in Victoria on 17 April 2018.
The EMD-powered units were both built in Australia by Clyde Engineering; S302 in 1957 and S317 in 1961. Both have had several owners since passing on from Victorian government ownership and both are now owned by niche market freight operator Southern Shorthaul Railroad.
Remarkably less than 18 months ago both were on standard gauge and ran a couple of long distance wagon transfer moves from South Australia to New South Wales (see pic below)
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Approaching the small locality of Sangar in Southern New South Wales is S300,TL152,S312 with an empty El zorro grain train heading to Oaklands on 14-10-11
The second move of redundant coal hoppers from Port Augusta, South Australia to Lithgow, New South Wales, is scheduled for Friday 2 December using the same exotic motive power plus star of Streamliners 2016, B61.
On 28 October 2016, the first 90 hoppers are seen snaking out of the power station loop at Port Augusta behind Southern Shorthaul Railroad's locos S317/GM27/GM10/S302
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During 2013 while the CFCLA S class were in South Australia, they were used a few times on the Balco trains between Bowmans and Pelican Point. On the afternoon of 25-7-13, S300,S311 work 4120 Balco from Bowmans to Pelican Point over the Port River bridge at Port Adelaide
Car: Mercedes-Benz 280 S.
Engine: 2778cc in-line 6.
Power: 160 BHP.
Fuel: Petrol.
Gears: 4 manual.
Body: 4 door saloon.
Layout: Front engine, rear wheel drive.
Length: 4,960 mm.
Width: 1,870 mm.
Height: 1,410 mm.
Weight: 1,520 kg.
Production dates: 1965 to 1972.
Production units: 364,669.
Assembly: Stuttgart, Germany.
Year of manufacture: 1969.
Date of first registration in the UK: 8th December 2015.
Place of registration: Nottingham.
Date of most recent MOT: 12th April 2017.
Mileage at last MOT: 36,943.
Date of last V5 issued: 13th May 2023.
Total number of keepers: 3.
Date taken: 7th May 2025.
Album: Carspotting 2025