Type : Siding
Line : Murwillumbah Branch
Distance from Sydney : 884.832km
Opened : Circa July 1913
Closed : 1968 (?)
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Opened at a cost of 951 pounds. In 1914 an "adjustment" had been made to the siding that saw £55 12s returned by the Railway Commissioners to the company. By 1918 livestock (cattle) were being delivered to the site via the siding for slaughter and processing. Sold to Norco in 1928.
By 1955 this was known as the F.J. Walker (Byron Bay) Pty Ltd Siding. WN 27/1968 notes the closure although a conflicting date of 1986 is also provied in a WN of that year (though that may simply be a reference to the private Simplex loco being out of service).
The siding was located roughly in the middle of the image (Six Maps)
The canning siding in 1913 (Australian Town and Country Journal, 3/9/1913)