SAR Locomotive 351 on display at the historic Milang railway station & heritage museum, Milang, South Australia.The plaque reads:



"The two locomotives of the 350 class were the first diesel electric locomotives to work on the South Australian Railways. Built at the Islington Workshops, using English-Electric engines and electricals, they carried road numbers 350 and 351 and were placed in service on 7.6.1949 and 21.6.1949 respectively.



Built to perform shunting duties at Adelaide and Mile End, they were soon required to undertake more exacting work. During the protracted coal strike of 1950 they were put to work hauling suburban passenger trains on the Marino and Outer Harbour lines. With a top speed of 28 kph the passage of these trains would have been painfully slow. With the introduction of the 500 class shunting locomotives in the 1960s, both of the 350s were sent to the Islington Workshops for shunting there and the adjacent TNT yard. In 1965, 351 was used as the Mount Gambier shunter.

No.351 was condemned on 23.8.1979 and was acquired by a Tourist Railway group at Moonta who planned to use it hauling trains around the "Cornish Triangle", but nothing came of the venture. It was eventually purchased by SteamRanger and arrived at their Dry Creek depot on 22nd October 1981. Here it was returned to working order and used again as a shunting locomotive. It suffered a major engine failure early in 1991 and, as SteamRanger had also previously acquired No.350, it was offered to the National Railway Museum as a static exhibit. It was hauled there by "Pacific" No.621 on Saturday 13th July 1991.

After being stored on a back siding for 25 years, 351 was gifted to the Milang Railway Museum and arrived on 28th October 2015."