Walter's Siding

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Type : Siding
Line : South Line
Distance from Hobart : 182.200m
Opened : Circa 1924
Closed : Circa 1940
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Likely after the owner of the property
Notes : This siding was only 100 metres from Powranna station

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On 15 February 1940 at 4:20am, a goods train travelling from Hobart to Launceston derailed after being lifted from the rails by a metal fragment dropped between the main and guard rails on top of a bolt that joined the two. The accident occurred at Walter's Siding, on the Hobart side of Powranna station. The engine slewed off the permanent way, plunged across a ditch and came to rest with its cow-catcher buried in an onion bed on the far side not 18 m (20 yards) from a house occupied by three people. Eight wagons were smashed. The three members of the train crew escaped with only minor injuries but some of the livestock being transported were killed.