Electricity Commission Siding (Telarah)

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Type : Siding
Distance from Sydney : 194.787km
Opened : 7th October 1953 for construction, 7th May 1954 as Electricity Commission Siding
Closed : 28th June 1965
Status : Closed
Name meaning : n/a
Notes : Apparently was 66 chains in length. Opened in 1954, closed in 1965. There was an Intermediate Electric Staff instrument there, meaning a train could be placed in the siding and locked away to allow other trains to run through the section. Served the Walka power station.

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1958 aerial photo of the power station, the siding can be seen looping to the left.

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1956

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Rob Rouse :

Remains of the sidings in Walka Water Works car park.

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Tony Lavan states :

the sorts of loads that were envisaged going into the site would have meant the loco would have been there for, potentially, many hours. Without the intermediate staff facility, the whole North Coast line would have been blocked during any loco presence

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Rob Rouse states :

We have walked most of the siding, but its very difficult towards the junction with the North Coast line as the undergrowth is very dense. There are still remains of the tracks in the Walka Water Works car park.