FA S 303 1999+

FA S 303 1999+

Victorian Railways 'S' Class

Clyde Engineering acquired the services of former SAR Chief Mechanical Engineer Fred Shea, to design and oversee the production of a GM-EMD F7 model suitable for use on the Commonwealth Railways system, importantly on the Trans Australia Railway. The equipment was re-arranged to suit Australia's tighter loading gauges, resulting in a lower, longer version of the US EMD unit. The longer carbody facilitated a 3rd, unpowered axle in the bogie, the burden of US axle load being well beyond the tolerance of existing infrastructure.

So impressed was the Commonwealth Railways administration with the locomotive's on-time delivery over 1951/1952, that the
fleet was named the GM Class. Design revisions led to the developement of a Co-Co version, the GM-12 Class with an updated EMD power unit. The modifications added a substantial 100kN to the locomotive's continuous tractive effort, and the success of the GM-12 resulted in orders from the Railways of NSW and Victoria.

The Victorian 'S' Class is of slightly greater horsepower than the GM-12, and was fitted with a hostler's cab at the rear.
The S Class worked over both the broad and standard gauge networks of Victoria on The Spirit of Progress, The Overland,
and on goods services. The introduction of through-working between states saw the Class regularly run into NSW & South Australia.

Today most of the 18 units have been withdrawn, though 4 were returned to service after a period of storage. Private operator West Coast Railway purchased S300, S302 and S311 for use on passenger services, S302 was passed onto El Zorro when WCR dissolved in 2004 and then onto SSR. S301 and 303 were went to Freight Australia in 1999 and S301 went onto Pacific National in 2004. S306 and 307 went to Pacific National. S317 is maintained by Great Northern Railway and later went to SSR. S311 went to CFCLA and then to SSR. S312 went to Railpower and then to SSR. Thanks to 478M for helping me with texture edits and bump texturing

FA S 303 1999+
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