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Southern Shorthaul Railroad is an Australian provider of motive power hauling trains in New South Wales and Victoria. ==History== Southern Shorthaul Railroad was established in December 2003, when the remains of Great Northern Rail Services were purchased from Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia. Current rail operations involve providing RailCorp with hook & pull services for infrastructure trains operating out of Chullora and Clyde in Sydney.〔(Infrastructure Train Operations ) Southern Shorthaul Railroad〕 These trains generally operate in the areas bounded by Grafton, Muswellbrook, Bathurst, Goulburn and Bomaderry. In August 2011 SSR operated some infrastructure trains in Victoria. In 2010 SSR entered the coal haulage market. It hauls trains from Clarence and Newstan collieries to ports at Kooragang Island, Carrington and Port Kembla.〔(Coal Train Operations ) Southern Shorthaul Railroad〕 The company also refurbishes and repairs locomotives and rolling stock at the former Bendigo Workshops in Victoria.〔(Victorian Grant puts Rail Business on a New Track ), Department of Premier and Cabinet Media Release, 4 October 2007〕 It also has a maintenance facility at the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway.〔(Press Release ) State Mine Railway〕〔(Workshop Services ) Southern Shorthaul Railroad〕 In May 2012, SSR purchased GM3 from Clyde Engineering and transferred it from Kelso to Lithgow for overhaul. In 2012, SSR formed a subsidiary BRM Leasing Pty Ltd. In October 2012 the name was changed to Consolidated Rail Leasing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Consolidated Rail Leasing Pty Ltd )〕 Some of the SSR fleet has been made available for lease through CRL. In 2014, SSR commenced operating grain services in New South Wales for George Weston Foods.〔"SSR brings competition to NSW grain rail haulage" ''Railway Digest'' June 2014 page 11〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Shorthaul Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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