Herke's Siding

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Type : Siding
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 300.000km (approximate)
Opened : 31 March 1914
Closed : 1922
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the timber mill it serviced
Notes : Originally designated as Beacroft's Siding before opening (presumably after one of the owners (Herke and Beecroft - note the spelling). Name was corrected in Weekly Notice No. 13 of 1914.

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Messrs Herkes and Beecroft owned a wood mill at Coxwood railway siding. Often
there were 20 carts at a time at the siding to offload wood for shipment to Sydney, the
carters being paid 1/- per ton. A timber railway at Stratford brought logs from the east
to a mill located south of the village (the Herkes and Beecroft mill?), using timber rails
and horse power.

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Name of Beacroft's Siding altered to Herkes Siding (North Coast)-This siding, which is situated at mileage 86.44 from Newcastle, between Stratford and Gloucester, is wrongly designated as Beacroft'e siding in Weekly Notice No. 13 of 1914. The correct name is Herkes Siding.