began in October 1979 with the withdrawal of F214. The remaining locomotives with withdrawn between November 1979 and July 1987, when the last three locomotives, F202, F208, and F216, were taken out of service. Following withdrawal, the locomotives appear to have been placed in storage although most were later scrapped. Only one locomotive was broken up in the same year it was withdrawn; F215 was withdrawn in April 1983 and scrapped later that year. Preservation Six of the sixteen F class locomotives were purchased from VR or donated for preservation in the early 1980s. All except F212 are owned by VicTrack and allocated to various preservation groups: F202, formerly F311, is allocated to the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre until deemed surplus 2017. It was used by SRHC as a shunting locomotive around their depot. It has been more recently reallocated to 707 Operations and is under restoration. F204, formerly F313, is in storage at 707 Operations' operational base at Newport Workshops, as a source of spare parts. F208, formerly F317, was known unofficially as the Dynon Donk. It is currently operated by 707 Operations and they have renumbered the engine back to F317. It is currently preserved-operational and has been restored to a Red and Yellow livery. F211, formerly SEC3, is statically displayed at the Newport Railway Museum. It was informally known as Little Trimmer. F212, formerly SEC4, was withdrawn in November 1986 and purchased by the Victorian Goldfields Railway It is preserved-operational. F216, formerly SEC2, is statically displayed at the Newport Railway Museum; but unlike F211, this engine has been restored to resemble its original SEC styling. Locomotives Models In 1975, Hornby Railways released a ready-to-run model for the Australian market based on the British Rail Class 08 in a blue/yellow VR livery. The "V.R. 0-6-0 Shunter" used the Tri-ang body moulding and its inaccurate inside-frame chassis. Although resembling the F class, it was not marketed as such. Australian model railway manufacturer TrainBuilder released a ready-to-run model of the F class for HO scale in 2011. European model railway manufacturer Roco announced in early 2014 that it would be releasing a ready-to-run model of the F class, using its existing model of the NS 500/600 class locomotive as its basis. Broad Gauge Models in Australia have also offered a sheet of etched brass parts for modellers to use in order to modify the NS 500/600 class locomotive to more