Cascade

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Type : Platform
Line : Dorrigo Branch
Distance from Sydney : 699.400km
Location : -30.232168, 152.789356
Opened : 23 December 1924
Closed : 27th February 1972
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after a creek in the area.
Notes : Opened as Earp, Woodcock & Beveridge's Sidings. Changed to Cascade 10th August 1925. Down side platform was 30.48 metres in length. A 292' dead end siding was provided in 1925, this was extended to the mill of  Messrs. Walters, Middleton and Eades Limited in 1926, the new length was 658'. A double siding, siding 1 was a 387' dead-end siding, siding 2 exited the 1st siding near the catch points and was a 159' dead end siding. The location opened without a platform, this was constructed in late 1926. Abolished 1975. Cascade opened 9 May 1925 as Earp, Woodcock and Beveridge's Sidings at Mileage 434m 53c — No. 1 Dead-end Siding (387 feet) and No. 2 Siding (159 feet leading off No. 1); Up side; grades 1 in 200 and 1 in 50 falling from Main line. Renamed CASCADE 10 August 1925 (W.N. 32–1925). Alphabetical List had incorrect entry "Cascade Siding" — corrected to "Cascade" by W.N. 4–1926. No. 1 Siding extended 366 feet to 658 feet in W.N. 14–1926 — extended portion used by Walters, Middleton and Eades Limited (level grade). Platform — 100 feet (30.48m) Down side at Mileage 434m 50c — provided in late 1926 (W.N. 51–1926). Waiting shed telephone provided 8 July 1927; keys issued to Guards and Earp, Woodcock, Beveridge & Co. Ltd (EWB retained commercial involvement despite name change). Station closed 27 February 1972; all Local Appendix references deleted W.N. 38–1975.

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"The train going down the line" Dorrigo Glenreagh Steam train at Cascade. 1930s family photo (Chip Mac)

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Remains of Cascade rail station in 1986 (Chris Stewart)

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Cascade, 13/02/2019 (Robyn Corbert)

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Cascade village and the NSWGR Dorrigo railway, taken from Eades mill, 1940. (N. Sly)

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Eade & Company's mill in 1940, taken from Cascade village. The NSWGR Dorrigo railway is in the foreground. (N Sly)

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Remains of Cascade, 2020

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Location of Cascade (Dorrigo branch)

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Cascade Railway Station 1940 (Joy & Mal Sly)

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Cascade Railway Station in 1991 (Peter Neve)

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Construction work at Cascade, Dorrigo branch.

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John Growcott, 1990

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Cascade - 1 December 1996.

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Cascade Railway Station on the Glenreagh to Dorrigo Railway Line. 1st of April 2023 (Richard Gwilym)

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Rocky Condello (2024)