South Spur Rail Services (SSRS) is a Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

n owned railway company that provides terminal operations and short haul rail services to the rail transport industry. It is a family owned and operated business formed in 1997 whose shareholders come from a Westrail

Westrail

Westrail was the name of Western Australia’s public rail service between 1975 and 2000.It had its origins in 1877 as the Department of Works and Railways. This became Western Australian Government Railways in 1890 — a name that persisted for almost a century...

 background.

South Spur Rail have a number of contracts for hauling ballast

Track ballast

Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railway sleepers or railroad ties are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to facilitate drainage of water, to distribute the load from the railroad ties, and also to keep down vegetation that might interfere with the track...

, rail and sleeper

Railroad tie

A railroad tie/railway tie , or railway sleeper is a rectangular item used to support the rails in railroad tracks...

 trains. In Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, South Spur also provide hook-and-pull services for the Pacific National

Pacific National

Pacific National is one of Australia's largest private rail freight businesses. Originally a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings; it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Asciano Limited following the restructure of Toll Holdings....

 SeaTrain service between Kewdale Freight Terminal

Kewdale Freight Terminal

Kewdale Freight Terminal is a large intermodal rail facility in the Perth suburb of Kewdale, Western Australia.-Users of Kewdale Freight Terminal:* Pacific National yard and depot* Great Southern Railways provisioning...

 and Fremantle Port

Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...

. In the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway SSR diesels have hauled track and sleepers over the Mount Henry Bridge

Mount Henry Bridge

The Mount Henry Bridge carries the Kwinana Freeway and Mandurah railway line over the Canning River in Perth, Western Australia, approximately 10 kilometres south of the Perth central business district. At 660 metres long, it is the longest road bridge in Western Australia...

 as far as South Perth

South Perth, Western Australia

South Perth is a residential suburb 3 kilometres south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River...

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Until 2008 South Spur Rail Services also operated a Restaurant Train service called the Spirit of the West

Spirit of the West (train)

The Spirit of the West was a restaurant train that operated out of Perth, Western Australia. It was the brainchild of South Spur Rail Services and began using four restored coaches hired from the Australian Railway Historical Society and a power car purchased from the ARHS and restored to running...

, using K class locomotive K205 and a number of standard gauge coaches including two hired from Rail Heritage WA

Rail Heritage WA

Rail Heritage WA is the local trading name of the Australian Railway Historical Society Inc.It is the owner and manager of the Bassendean based Western Australia Rail Transport Museum....

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The company acquired New South Wales company Silverton Rail in 2006 and renamed it Southern and Silverton Rail, with this subsidiary operating South Spur Rail Services services in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. The company became a wholly owned part of the Coote Industrial Group in 2007. In June 2010 Coote Industrial Group sold the company (along with Silverton Rail) to P&O Trans Australia for $26.5 million, including payment for additional rolling stock rebuilt or to be refurbished by Coote Industrial's rolling stock maintenance provider, Gemco Rail.

Stock

• D47, D48, D49, D51
• F40
• K205, K206, K210
• KA212
• NA1874
• R1902
• ZB2120, ZB2125, ZB2129
• 602, 603, 607