Photos By: Brian Atkins, Chris Nuthall, Brad White, Ian Green, Peter Cousins, Dean Jones, Alex Thorn, Joshua Watson, Thomas McIntosh, Adam Rudnicki and Blake Cogley

Noted Events:
5 Jan 1967 - Collided head on with X53 at Broadford
17 Jun 1982 - Rear ended the Melbourne bound Spirit of Progress at Barnawartha
21 Feb 2003 - Entered service with Great Northern Rail Services in their livery
Jun 2004 - Ownership transferred to  Southern Shorthaul Railroad
Dec 2004 - Repainted into Southern Shorthaul Railroad Yellow and Black 'Bumblebee' livery
2016 - Repainted  in   Southern Shorthaul Railroad Yellow, Silver and Black CLP Style livery
Oct 2017  - Converted to Broad Gauge from Standard Gauge

Liveries worn by S317

Photos of S317

1986

S317-940 with a late running up Overland at Parwan. (4/1/86)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

1988

S317-963 with the up Overland at Bank Box (left) and Parwan (right). (10/1/88)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

1992

S317-S310-S311 with an up briquette train from Morwell near Caulfield. (6/92)
Photo By: Ian Green

1993

S317 with #9153 freight to Horsham at Gheringhap. (1/9/93)
Photo By: Ian Green

2003

S317-J103 and 4468 stabled in the Creek Sidings at North Melbourne. (12/03)
Photo By: Ian Green

S317-GM10 with a CRT transfer to Altona at Brooklyn. (7/3/03)
Photo By: Chris Nuthall

2005

S317-J102-J103 shunt wagons at North Dynon. (4/2/05)
Photo By: Ian Green

S317-KL81-T383-Cs5 with the 'Motive Power' Sandy Hollow special at Bengalla. (2/10/05)
​Photo By: Peter Cousins

2014

S317-GM22 with a railset train at Whittingham. (23/9/14)
Photo By: Peter Cousins

2016

S317-GM27-GM10-S302 with a wagon transfer train from  Leigh Creek in South Australia at Athol (left) and Sodwalls (right). (30/10/16)
Photos By: Dean Jones

2017

S317-T386-T381 running light engine from Seymour to Bendigo  at Albion (left) and Sunbury (right). (27/10/17)
Photo By: Ian Green

S317 load their grain at Murchison East. (12/12/17)
Photo By: Dean Jones

S317-T381-T386 with a short SSR grain exit the grain loop at North Geelong. (24/11/17)
​Photo By: Ian Green

S317-T386-S302 with #9084 SSR grain at  Huntly. (28/12/17)
​Photo By: Brad White

S317-T381-T386 with #9543 SSR grain at Kensington. (12/11/17)
Photo By: Ian Green

2018

S317-B75 with a loaded SSR grain from Manangatang at Kensington. (10/6/18)
Photo By: Ian Green

S317-B75 stabled with an SSR grain consist at Appleton Dock. (12/5/18)
​Photo By: Ian Green

2019

S317-S302-P18-B75 power out of Castlemaine with 9083 grain. (8/12/19)
Photo By: Alex Thorn

S317 trails #9198 from North Geelong to Kensington at South Kensington. (3/10/19)
​Photo By: Alex Thorn

S317-S312 with    #9383 empty grain from  Kensington to Murchison East at Broadford (left) and Seymour (right). (14/11/19)
Photo By: Joshua Watson

S317-S312  with SSR grain   #9096 at Middle Footscray. (6/7/19)
​Photo By: Thomas McIntosh

S317-S312 with   #9383 empty grain to Murchison East at Wahring. (14/11/19)
Photo By: Joshua Watson

2020

S317-S312 with SSR grain   #9179 at Parwan. (1/1/20)
Photo By: Adam Rudnicki

S317-S312 with SSR grain   #9383 at Nagambie. (18/5/20)
Photo By: Blake Cogley

S317-S302 with #9199 SSR grain bound for Quambatook  at Tarnagulla (left) and Llaney (right). (15/1/20)
Photos By:  Joshua Watson

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